#Used whiskey barrels for sale full

They wouldn’t divulge what they pay for the barrels but said prices have doubled in the past two years as demand for the barrels has increased.

#Used whiskey barrels for sale full

Once or twice a month the brothers drive to Kentucky to pick up a trailer full of 30 barrels. “They said they wanted 500 barrels,” C.J. A West Coast grocery chain recently asked the brothers to build liquor display cases from barrels. The list of companies specializing in making products from whiskey barrels is short, so the Shavers occasionally field requests from customers who don’t realize the small size of their operation. Everything they’ve made has held up really well, and it helps complete the look we’re after.” “We’re going for that rustic look, and these old barrels tie in really well with that.?.?. “For us, it’s a perfect fit,” said co-owner Michael Pappas. Whiskey barrels provided the raw material for the restaurant’s hostess stand, outdoor benches, clock, chalkboard and beer trays. 5 when the restaurant opened in Powell during the summer. is building a desk and a bar for two customers.Ĭolumbus Barrel Co. While the company has some standard products such as the bottle openers, much of the work is custom.Ĭ.J. Otherwise, business comes from the company’s website, Celebrate Local’s website, street markets and word of mouth.

The bottle openers ($20 and $28) are particularly popular, a store salesman said. bottle openers, ice buckets and bistro table-and-chair sets. They also hope to move into a larger shop with a retail outlet.įor now, the company’s only bricks-and-mortar outlet is Celebrate Local at Easton Town Center, which sells Columbus Barrel Co. The brothers hope to buy a laser saw and other equipment. The brothers recently added a printing machine that can print any image on the wood, allowing them to personalize items. The shop contains basic woodworking tools - a band saw, belt sander, drill press, chop saw and planer - along with assorted hand tools. works in the driveway and takes his lunch while fishing in the family pond. and Curt’s parents.Ĭurt lives in a nearby apartment, but for C.J., who lives at home, the commute to work amounts to a 50-foot walk from the back door into the shop. benefits from low overhead: It operates from a garage behind the Westerville home of C.J. works the wood while Curt, 27, handles marketing and sales during his spare time as a manager for Builders Club, a homebuilder rewards service.Ĭolumbus Barrel Co. The company has grown enough to provide a full-time job for C.J., although the 24-year-old also picks up some cash from his other passion - bass fishing tournaments.Ĭ.J. He crafted a table and stool set from the first barrel and kept on going. found the wood so distinctive that he thought it would be perfect in furnishings. Once bourbon distillers are finished with the barrels, the barrels enjoy a lively secondary market among brewers and rum, tequila and international whiskey distillers.Ĭ.J. (To be called bourbon, whiskey must be aged in new barrels.) Distillers typically use them only once to age whiskey. Whiskey barrels are made of inch-thick white oak, steamed into curves and charred inside. cut the metal straps from the barrels and the staves popped apart like a blooming onion. I thought they were cool, and one day C.J. “I brought them up from Kentucky,” Curt said. Still, the brothers stumbled a bit onto the whiskey-barrel idea.Īfter graduating from the University of Kentucky, Curt thought he could make some money buying and selling old whiskey barrels from Kentucky. Their grandfather and father ran a cabinet shop, Scioto Kitchen Sales, before selling it two years ago. The brothers come from a long line of woodworkers. With the help of other shops, they’re even turning the charred oak barrel staves into accessories such as cuff links, sunglasses and watches. Their 2-year-old enterprise, Columbus Barrel Co., transforms Kentucky bourbon barrels into benches, bottle openers, clocks, coat racks, cutting boards, desks, ice buckets, stools, tables and - of course - bars. and his brother, Curt, have made a fledgling business out of reimagining whiskey barrels as home furnishings. But whiskey barrels? That’s a different story.Ĭ.J. Shaver isn’t much of a whiskey connoisseur.