wooden beer barrels

[danbeer]

Saw on an old thread that there are still a few places in Germany that make plastic lined wooden beer barrels. Does anyone have their contact details? Are these barrels able to take pressure enough for serving purposes?

Cheers

[Gregg]

The Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood

Alternatively, if you are interested in real wood casks, try contacting some of these British brewers.

Gregg

[Tash]

'From the wood'

Those wooden barrels they use are antiques and they are pitch lined. Mainly used for tradition. They are used for Gravity dispense. The kegs are vented and then tapped with a gravity tap. Most breweries sell 1 or 2 brands via 'vom vass' (from keg) and everything else 'vom flasche' (from bottle).

You see these kegs in Dusseldorf and Cologne where they serve one brand of beer and the other is Bamberg where everyhting is very traditional. There is a very big push to go to plastic lined stainless and there are kegs that are made to look like wood...etc.

Tash

[dberg]

Try http://www.fass-schmid.de/bierfass.htm

The ones with Durolit are lined.

[Tash]

That page translated...

Try http://www.fass-schmid.de/bierfass.htm

The ones with Durolit are lined.

Bierfässer from oakwood there are 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50, 100 and 200 litres in the sizes (in the illustration on the left of a Bierfaß of 20 litres, with support and tapping things) The barrels have either inside a plastic skin (Durolit) or are gepicht. For decoration purposes there are barrels also used! There are the Bierfässer from oakwood with two differently passes with Munich pass (Schrödelbüchsen) or with Bavarian pass (Syphonbüchsen). Left " Bavarian Anstich" Right " Munich Anstich" Home beer barrels there are 3, 5 and 7 litres in the sizes (with complete accessories) On the left of a barrel with 5Liter Holzschlegel, beer cocks, Luftventile Holzschlegel in different versions Beer cocks and Luftventile from brass for all usual passes without illustration: Cocks and Luftventile from wood and plastic