Toasted, Small Wine Barrels in Oak Wood - Ideal for Wine and Port Maturing and Tanning
Our oak crafted small wine barrels, miniature wine casks and smaller wine kegs come complete with a wooden stand, bung and tap. These small oak wine barrels are medium toasted and are best suited for wine and port holding, making and aging. Currently our small wine kegs come with black rings and a natural or rustic oak finish and are ideal for amateur or small quantity wine tanning and aging.
Small Oak Wine Barrels in 2, 3, 5 and 10 liters
Available in 2, 3 and 5 liters, these artisan made small wine kegs are hand crafted from oak wood whilst the 10 litre and larger oak casks are traditionally cooperaged from air dried staves.
All our barrels are made from well seasoned East European Oak and every small wine barrel gets professionally toasted on it's inside, making them ideal for wine aging.
Such a toasted miniature wine barrel is a great way to quickly oaken your home made wine while embellish any wine cellar, wine bar, restaurant or home with a highly decorative item.
Our small wine casks are currently available in 'lacquered, natural oak' or 'rustic dark oak' finishes and banded in natural or black painted steel rings.
ABOVE: A 10 liter small wine barrel in style 1 finish [ natural oak finish with 4 black hoops ] on stand with bung and a wooden
CAUTION: It must be kept in mind that the smaller the wine barrel size, the higher it's inner surface area ratio to the contents get. This basically means that the smaller the barrel, the faster the wine contents will oaken.
Therefore it is advised that any wine stored in such small wooden casks is regularly checked to avoid over tanning. Initially, wines or port held in such small barrels should be tasted daily or every two days to make sure that the oakening levels are the ones you desire.
Over time and usage, the tannin levels of the oak barrels would change however if you would like to quickly and significantly reduce the tannin levels of these oak casks all you have to do is that is fill the keg with cold or warm water and empty them after a few hours. This procedure can be repeated as many times as you feel it is required to reach the desired level of tannins imparted from such small barrels.
Small Wine Barrels, Kegs and Casks | Dimensions & Weight
The 2 liter wine barrel measurements are as follows:
Barrel height on stand (bung included): 24 cm
Barrel length on stand (tap excluded): 18 cm
Barrel diameter at the centre: 18 cm
Barrel diameter at the ends: 15 cm
The 3 liter wine barrel measurements are as follows:
Barrel height on stand (bung included): 26 cm
Barrel length on stand (tap excluded): 23 cm
Diameter of the barrel at the centre: 21 cm
Barrel diameter at the ends: 18 cm
The 5 liter wine barrel measurements are as follows:
Barrel height on stand (bung included): 27 cm
Barrel length on stand (tap excluded): 25 cm
Diameter of the barrel at the centre: 23 cm
Barrel diameter at the ends: 20 cm
The 10 liter wine barrel measurements are as follows:
Barrel height on stand (bung included): 36 cm
Barrel length on stand (tap excluded): 31 cm
Diameter of the barrel at the centre: 29 cm
Barrel diameter at the ends: 26 cm
RIGHT: A 3 liter small wine barrel in style 2 finish [ rustic, dark oak finish with 4 black hoops ] with wooden stand, oak bung and metal tap.
Taps, Spouts and Spigots for Small Wine Barrels, Kegs and Casks
We offer a range of small wooden and metal taps and spouts that can be safely used for small wine barrel, port cask and vinegar macerating keg.
Wooden spigot taps are the most popular and tend to be a satisfactory low cost solution to tap a barrel. Tapered stainless steel and metal taps are rather more expensive but usually turn out to more cost effective in the long term especially under heavy usage conditions
Contact Us for Miniature Oak Wood Wine Barrel, Keg and Cask Sales
ArtisanBarrels.Eu supplies the above small wooden barrels, kegs and casks for wine and port making and dispensing. We are Europe, Malta based and we ship our small oak barrels internationally in single, small or larger quantities to both private and corporate customers. For any information contact us at info@artisanbarrels.eu