Oh my, You have hella wikkid humor, Tom <grins>
Gene

Tom S wrote:

> "Clyde Gill" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
>>With all that said, I'd call the person who you bought it from. A well
>>coopered barrel will not leak at all. For point of reference, I fill
>>my barrels with wine without *any* presoaking, and have never seen
>>anything more than a slight ooze that stops within a day.
>
>
> True enough, Clyde - but this is a really small barrel, and I'd guess it's
> not a recently coopered one. It probably sat drying out in a homebrew shop
> for quite awhile as sticker-shocked potential buyers walked by it on the way
> to the StaVin beans. :^/
>
> Tom S
> www.chateauburbank.com
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