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Inside Standard Cooperage.

White oak, steam, fire, finished barrels, oak products, and the Blanco production floor.

American white oak blocks inside the Standard Cooperage shop
01 / OakAmerican white oak enters the shop
Shaped white oak staves stacked inside the Standard Cooperage shop
02 / StavesPrepared staves ready for barrel raising
Oak barrels staged across the Standard Cooperage production floor
03 / RaisingBarrels raised across the production floor
Cooper monitoring steam-conditioned barrels on the Standard Cooperage production floor
04 / SteamA cooper monitors steam conditioning
Cooper wearing heat-resistant gloves beside a raised barrel on the Standard Cooperage firing floor
05 / Heat shapingA cooper tends the firing station
Raised oak barrels alongside controlled fires at Standard Cooperage
05 / Live firingControlled fire develops the barrel interior
Toasted oak stave interior of a barrel at Standard Cooperage
06 / ToastToast developed within the staves
Alligator char texture inside an oak barrel at Standard Cooperage
07 / CharAlligator char at the wood surface
Galvanized steel barrel hoops staged for fitting at Standard Cooperage
08 / HoopsGalvanized hoops ready for fitting
Assembled oak barrel with fitted head, galvanized hoops and bung hole on the Standard Cooperage shop floor
09 / AssemblyFitted head, hoops and bung hole
Oak whiskey flight holder made from a cooperage stave
Oak productsA stave becomes a whiskey flight holder
Standard Cooperage barrel shop exterior in Blanco Texas
LocationThe cooperage in Blanco, Texas
Standard Cooperage branded barrel head
Finished detailStandard Cooperage finished barrel-head mark
Oak insert cubes assembled on stainless steel cables at Standard Cooperage
Oak productsOak insert sets prepared in the shop
Freestanding oak half barrel with galvanized hoops and an open charred interior in the Standard Cooperage workshop
Decorative barrelsHalf barrels ready for their next use