How the NY Cooperage Makes Up to 100 Whiskey Barrels a Week - Handmade
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Adirondack Barrel Cooperage uses traditional coopering methods to build spirit barrels out of American oak. Their one-of-a-kind barrel charring and toasting process imparts complex flavors in spirits, like smoke, coconut, vanilla, caramel, and more. www.adirondack...
Credits:
Producers: Carla Francescutti, Pelin Keskin
Director: Carla Francescutti
Camera: Murilo Ferreira, Carla Francescutti
Editor: Carla Francescutti
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Coordinating Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Engagement: Daniel Geneen, Terri Ciccone
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What's your favorite barrel-aged spirit?
Laphroaig!
@@RyokoX37 AMEN
Bourbon of course.
Two, Bourbon (Maker's Mark) and Irish Whisky (Jameson)
Whiskey.... and I'm learning to appreciate Bourbon.... which is relatively new to me, as an European.
It's always fun listening to someone who truly understands the process. Never thought it was so involved. Great video. More like these.
How do you know he understands it, if you don't?
Sounded more like bragging
@@AndrewMellor-darkphoton Sounds more like jealousy from you
Do not mistake pride for bragging, for one is positive and one is negative.
Everything is a learning process.
Nearly any subject can be fascinating if you're listening/speaking to a dedicated, passionate, enthusiast!
I've been an (amateur) whitesmith for pushing on 15 years now and I'm still learning new old things!
@@drivestowork That is well said! I too find that listening to an enthusiast....a happy enthusiast..on almost ANY subject...can be interesting!
I don't even drink and I find this absolutely fascinating!
Congrats don't start or stay sober 👍🏻 Lord knows I'm drinking whiskey right now though.
Interesting...
You can always just taste it.
absolutely nobody cares if you don’t drink
@@Pumpkinking64 I care that he doesn't drink because I, too don't drink
"We are one of the few in the whiskey and spirit business that firebend."
Has a cooler sentence ever been said? Damn!
Learned it from the dragons.
hahahaha
Everything changed when the fire nation attacked
Agreed - hadn't thought about that - but hell yeah - what a cool sentence :)
Hate to be a downer, but it's probably just the distinction between using steam heating to bend the wood as opposed to fire heating.
Serious respect for his approach to building barrels ! As a 40+years custom woodworker when you build multiples with quality in mind small refinements in the process take it from a craft to an art. It’s nice to see modern equipment and traditional values blended so well.
The care that is put into making these barrels is amazing
Now I know why whiskey is so damned expensive.
I’d like to buy one because they’re a perfect American success story.
That's nothing, watch the videos on how to make a piano or guitar.
I like how he's honest and says generally no leaks instead of just lying and saying our products are 100% perfect.
Working at a cooperage myself it's always interesting to see how other cooperages operate, enjoyed seeing all the things they do differently, and the things they do the same way as us.
How'd you get into that? I've done some traditional style cooperage for the local historical society but I'd love to get into the industry
Would you call this more or less "handmade" than how you do it your cooperage?
@@SordidandSalted Well my dad is a master cooper so it was kinda easy to get into the craft. There are so many different tasks that you can't really educate yourself to it. Just try to get an apprenticeship and show that you're capable of doing a wide variety of things.
@@ginger_nosoul almost exactly the same I'd say, they make the cask heads exactly as we do, they raise the barrels a bit differently but still the same principle. No one pays a cooper to stand and make a barrels by hand using axes etc, when you can make an as good barrel 20x faster with machines.
@@PunschRS How much do these barrels cost, roughly?
This is probably one of the more concise explanations, done in a minimal amount of time, on any subject, on RUclips. I can honestly say, I've enjoyed it very much. It's nice, to not only see the process, have a brief, yet thorough explanation in its entirety. It is these types of people, that take such great pride in creating something of beauty, value, and integrity, that continues to give me hope in the future of this country. If you're going to do something, do it as best you can. Excellent work, both at the cooperage and on the video shoot.
This is american quality and workmanship at its best.It's good to see people still take pride in their work.
what about guns
@@infinite_pi amen to that
Then the "Made in China" attacked. Haha
@@GeorgeEstregan828 just like everything Chinese made, it will break right away.
@@danieln9909 same goes for iphones. worst phones money can buy
I love listening to people who understand their job. No matter what job it is
“Only cooperage that firebend” wuuuut 😳
Cooperage- the last firebender.
Didn't say we were the only, said we are one of a few that fire bend to make spirit barrels. There are other cooperages fire bend as well.
@@josephblazosky7069 i believe hes making a reference to avatar, not actual fire- bending but the type that allows you to shoot magic fire out of your hands
Well played
I also like how says that "Every piece is hand-delivered...to that machine". WHOOOOOOOOOA. BECAUSE PLACING A PLANK IN A MACHINE RESULTS IN A POORER STAVE.
I came here strictly for the content of how a barrel is made but was consumed by the editing between live action shots, sit down interviews, the history facts, machinery vs manpower as well as the entire assembly explanations. This video was complete and thorough and a true pleasure to watch. Extremely well done.
"This wood is hand delivered to that one machine" this is how far machines have taken us.
Boy yep. That sure is a sentence.
@Asura Code but the liquid controls us both...
The modern day definition of handmade lol
Think about how this was done in say prohibition days one of the main reasons prohibition was repealed was the depression and jobs were needed there were hundreds of thousands of jobs created in these types of industries id personal love to see how it was done before machines though during prohibition im sure machines were still in use then though
It's a weird sentence, yes, but I guess he's saying that it could have been completely automated where a conveyor belt drops them into the machine and an extractor could send it to another conveyor belt. It's much more personal and there's way more quality control for variables when you put each piece individually by hand.
The production quality of both the barrels and this video is quite literally amazing.
Best whisky for me is aged in barrels that have already been used, but the barrels have to start somewhere, I appreciate their work
This is for making bourbon specifically. Its a protected product or whatever they're called so it has to be made a certain way in the us
Yea scotch is generally better than bourbon. I don't often tell people though, because I don't want the millenials who discovered bourbon and ruined the market a few years ago to do the same thing to single malt. Fortunately a lot of their pallets can't handle peat...and to a lot of them looking cool is more important than flavor
@@judgeholden849 bourbon taste good. Scotch is great but damn I love a simple Jim Beam and coke sometimes.
@@judgeholden849 congratulations on having an opinion
I have spent a lot of time in KY studying the whisky making processes. My visits include a large volume cooperage. As a woodworker, all I can say is WOW! This barrel is an awesome product and I am betting makes a fantastic bourbon. I want one of these barrels. Well made video by the way, congratulations to Adirondack Barrel Cooperage on promoting their brand so well.
Hi
These sorts of videos are my absolute favorite from Eater. I love seeing a master craftsman talk about what they do.
It is enormously gratifying, and reassuring, to see this ancient art living on in our modern age. Hats off to the law makers for defining Bourbon as aged on new oak barrels thus helping to ensure the survival of the cooperage as an entity.
My last name is Cooper. I've always loved learning about this craft and appreciate you making this video. I have followed my family line to before we existed here in the U.S and my family was indeed working in this craft just a couple hundred years ago. I've also been a woodworker for the last 20+ years and worked building homes to put myself through college. So cool to see someone with similar background picking up this awesome craft!
The crazy thing I thought while watching this was imagine. How much skill it took to make barrels without power tools.
So these are the dudes who made donkey kong suffer...
Under rated comment lol
Suffer or gave him purpose?
@@markserrano4586 this is getting a little philosophical
Kong threw the barrels tho
Hey man, he started it.
3:57 "we're one of the few cooperages in the country that firebend"
Fire nation cooperages: 👁️👄👁️
haha
Was looking for this comment! 🤣
What a pleasure to listen to a man who knows his work from A to Z, and truly loves what he does. He respects his job and the materials that go into it, and by extension, he respects his consumers. That's old school, if I ever saw it. Great video.
I really love how organized and clean his work area is. It's very pleasing.
This dude was laying down a CLINIC in cooper-ing. Damn I'm glad to have witnessed
I'm a fine trim carpenter and custom cabinet maker, been to the Jameson factory in Ireland , watched them make Whiskey barrels , this video was far more informative and fulfilling to watch, real American craftsmanship, second to none.
Knowing this team personally I cannot say enough about the craftsmanship, care, and passion they bring to the table! Take a look at Cooperstown Distilling, Brothers Cut Bourbon, 1911 Bourbon, and Iron Smoke Bourbon all made in the barrels.
The product is next level, and all spirit brands need to take a close look at Adirondack Barrel
Better than taking a look, I'll be taking a tipple!
Wow! This is amazing! When I was 17 I started my very first business buying and selling crates
and barrels and it wasnt long after that I started to make barrel furniture. I would have an idea in my head on Monday and in a few days the idea was out of my head and became 3d and in the real world. It was a glorious feeling. I did not have RUclips but rather only pencil and paper and then Viola! Done! I made bars, tables, fishtanks, lamps, you name it. Your video has inspired to
create again. Thank you!
Now, let us know what brands to buy that use your barrels.
Yes please
It's pretty much NE area craft bourbon
@@frobinsonj thx
I now don't want to drink any bourbon in any barrels but this gentleman's White Oak barrels made to Perfection everything in house and he's quite humble I've never seen another Cooperage but I know this guy has the best
@@floki1664 go have a shirley temple and get bent while you're at it
Listening to someone who truly knows the process is always so damn wonderful.
My father was a Cooper and his father🤩
They always had the angels share🙄🤣
It’s now a dying trade here in Scotland 🏴
Keep it up these trades need to keep going👍🏻
“Each piece is hand delivered to the machine”, WOW, that’s real a real talent!!
Ok, but that's what the world calls for nowadays. What's your lazy ass doing?
@@poob2372 fr these people so quick to judge when they would do the exact same thing
@@filthycasual8074 yeah, and the thing is, the machines still need to be operated
This dude knows his stuff, kudos to him and his team
3:50 I love when they start fire bending the barrels and "The light of the Seven"ish music starts playing in the background.
Thanks for showinghow involved barrel making. Your work is simply beautiful. I had no idea how complex the process is. After I retired, a buddy of mine and I started building wooden boats. That stack of white oak looked beautiful. I have retired again because of age related problems. I just couldn’t allow a fellow craftsman to slip without say hello and remember how oak looks, smells, feels, and behaves as you tame it. Thank you for your time.
Amazing as this is, it's almost unbelievable to think that coopers used to do this all by hand without the machinery.
I agree. Thinking of the things that were done in my field before there were computers just blows me away.
This guy makes absolutely beautiful barrels. Each one is a work of art.
no ones giving a shoutout to the amazing wife that gave him the idea to start a cooperage? thats a woman right there
Roommate.
Add time or?
Adam or half
Calling her now? Bar tend and break stand
ERS edit typed not Heard
From the Bible Eve?
In the television Eve instead.
The cooper is actually the most important part in the process of whisky production. I had the honor to meet the only cooper in nz who produces barrels from local wood for a really unique taste. Since then I understood, that this is where the magic happens, and not much during the destillation.
The guy is an artist. I want one 👌🏻 Even an empty one 🥃
New barrels sell for about $1000 each
Very expensive stuff when new.
@@BiggMo That is true for a premium 59-gallon wine barrel. However, mass-produced 53-gallon bourbon/whiskey barrels are closer to $200-225 and quality barrels can be had for under $300.
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@@michaelstormoen very interesting
Very interesting how you make barrels as you say there is various methods your cooperage is very modern and efficient ,well done I’m impressed old jimmy ,west australia
Such a beautiful, painstaking process
You learned well, and your hearts in it. You can tell by the beautiful barrels when your done.
the staff look like they really take pride in their work.
Honestly I thought it was about making whiskey and putting it into barrels at the start, but 100% totally enjoyed this video, such passion and skill that I never knew existed for barrel making, keep up the good work
After all the process to make the flavor, then you drink that whiskey with Cola.
A travesty!!
Speak for yourself, not me.
Maybe the cola is aged in fine barrels as well.
It taste good.
@Daniel M jack and coke? Jim and coke?
The love between the couple is awesome. Wow
I'm impressed with how any nuance of the manufacturing process is spun into a marketing ploy. "our workers are often injured on the job, we like to think their blood imparts a mellow flavor, along with their life force.
Can you even fathom the amount of money alone. but more important, the courage it took to start that business. He had enough intuition and skills allready obtained in the construction business. to go out west and learn from an expert. and then add his own abilities, and skills as well as learning as he went to improve on the craft. He's not bragging, that's shear pride in what he does, and passes on to all his employee's who are the next owners of their craft to carry on from him the knowledge they learned to pass it on down to the next generation. Loved every minute of this video. and admire his love and passion for what he does. I'm 78 yrs old so seen a few craftsmen in my day. and indeed he is one. thank you for doing the video and for sharing.
Always inspirational to see art blending with science - and being pursued by a team that has a love and passion for what they do. While I am not a fan of American whiskeys (Scotch is my beat), the dedication to creating a perfect product is always appreciated.
Excellent video. Thumbs up. I’m a NYS resident. I appreciate your courage starting a new business in the most unfriendly small business state in the country.
Badass George Lucas
Big difference, this barrel maker has honor and sincerity
👌👌👌
Absolutely loved hearing you both talk about the process. Your passion comes thru loudly. As a whisky and Bourbon, Thank you!
I just looked up their site. I wish they were at the stage where they had mini barrels for cocktail aging or home wine aging.
thats the reason why they are so big. its not cost effective to make the big ones, and its super super wasteful if u spend all that time on a barrel that cant hold liquor
You can buy second hand ones from wineries...but they'll be big ofc and less flavour imparting than when they were new
I know they do small barrels but you have to buy in quantities! I would reach out, as I know they work closely with their distillers and wineries through the life cycle of the barrels.
So nice of you Sir for explaining with such a minute details. Thanks a lot.
What an amazing and interessant Video. Never excpeted Barrel making would be so cool.
Comment ça intéressant...but you are french?!
@@geromesmith7767 no I am german
@@ganjaraucher4203 kuck dir swr handwerkskunst wie man ein Fass baut an
@@simonneuhold5681 Danke nochmal für den Tipp hab mir die Doku grad angeschaut und ist sehr geil.
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This is, by far, the best coopering video I have ever seen. Thanks
This company is SO cool. It’s very inspiring to see someone that is so focused on the details of being the absolute best they can be and doing it to the highest standards. Bravo!!
One of the best you tube videos I have even come upon. We are grateful for people like this to carry on true craftsmanship in an economy that doesn't value artisans.
You sir are a true artisan, you let your skill do the talking in the industry.
a true artisan does not use machines....
Always amased me how the great craftsman can make barrels leak proof. Nice untetesting vid.
Sooo informative! The process of barrelmaking is complex and requires a lot of skill. This video is excellent. I take my hat off to the artisans in the video and the artists making it.
This is a man who takes great pride in his work, and it shows in the finished product
For a whole 16 minutes, 23 seconds longer than the video, I wanted to build barrels.
Then I remembered I have a day job and no time for dreams :'(
you have a job? wow
same here bro......thats what happens every time i watch these types of videos. i think next i'm going to dream about owning a metal shop and creating cast iron cookware as thats the next video at the top of my recommendations
I bought a sawmill with no one to sell lumber to. Just want to cut wood. No I have a huge pile of lumber
What a great story! Just a guy and gal who thought they could make a cooperage work! Bravo!
👌👌👌
Amazing stuff! Long may you continue producing quality barrels for us folk who enjoy having some liquid gold
Thanks for sharing. In the USA the barrels are used once. Then they are bought by Scottish distillers and they get several more reuses. I visited several of the distillers and looked at their warehouses too. You can see the "angels portion" - - little white deposits on the roof beams where evaporated spirit lightly settled....
as a cooper myself this is a fun watch
You make barrels?
is your operation similar
Magnificent craftsmanship.
Also, I'd love one of those as a table on my balcony.
You can get used barrels for $100 or less. Once spirits and wine have been aged and the oak has nothing left to give, it can be turned into furniture or a planter. Just look for used barrels online. barrelsonline.com is one place.
@@BrianKelsay Hey Brian, thanks for taking the time to reply, mate. Having a look at those barrels via your link right now. Merry Christmas!
No problem
Woodn't you know, I've really *grained* so much knowledge here!
Your puns are on fire today.
@grogdizzy Oh now you're getting me *fired up!*
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Man imagine doing that job back in the day without modern machines. Must have been a fine craft.
Truly fascinating to see the level of skill and attention to detail in making these barrels. I learned a lot.
Very interesting and real attention to quality, well done.
Wow! Incredible! You all are amazing! 100 years from now antique lovers will be fighting over your stunning barrels! Great video! I feel privileged to get to see you all work your craft.
Then little boy in me giggled at "we bung bore it".
The chemist and whiskey drinker in me loves the the chemistry of temperature of volatility and how it affects flavour.
I kind of want to bung bore some thermocouples into a barrel, seeing how deep the heat actually penetrates and the temperature profile inside a stave would be pretty damn interesting.
Both a technical skill AND an artform! Very interesting process to watch!
So fascinating to see craftsmanship alive and well. The passion of this couple to build a business of this caliber...truly impressive...cheers!
I couldn't help but wonder what a barrel like this would cost to buy$$$
Without a fine barrel, many spirits and wines would not stand the test of time or taste. Great business.
Built in Scotland. Love hearing that.
The care that is put into making these barrels is amazing. That facility is impressive. Clean and organized. Quality work..
That lady is a top tier entrepeneur
As a very amateur wood worker this whole process is very impressive. Great job on product and telling the story behind the process.
You heard it here folks. They're firebenders
Awesome video, craftsmanship at its finest!
I can REALLY admire the stringent adherence to a process. A process where every step seems to have a legitimate reason for existing. And most importantly I'm just so pleased to see corners not being cut. Taking pride in the final product. I bet they fetch a solid premium price for their barrels and just don't bother with the lesser barrels. That's the way you build a business. I just wish my family's business could find solid labor like this guy appears to have.
Not me
There is something about the shape of those barrels that are so pleasing and satisfying
This man is a true master craftsman, I have the utmost respect for his dedication to the quality of his product!
Stumbled across this video, but it is truly fascinating. Love listening to experts with passion talk about something, and something most people don't think anything of either.
damn I never realised how much it took to make barrels, it really is a work of art!
Is very nice to listen to someone who truly loves what they do.
A true master and craftsmen who accepts nothing less than perfection. All it took was the wife being in charge and pushing him in that direction.
That is one of the most rewarding videos I have ever seen on YT. Love the couples ingenuity and pioneer spirit. 😊👍👍👍👍👍
Damn, it's 10 am and I want a drink now 😬
Very enlightening. And what a wonderful back story! Thanks for sharing.
Sadly, its fear of competition and the close guarding of trade skills that's going to help kill industries like this. Working in ceramics, my teacher used to say that maybe one in a hundred students went on to work as potters, but the other ninety-nine were customers.
Yeah, thats not really a viable craft anymore. There are college diplomas for ceramics as an industrial thing though, at least where i live. Those guys go on to well paid technician or engineering jobs in manufacturing of ceramic isolators and all kinds of highly specialized stuff
Glad to see a native NY'er from/or in upstate, making a great product and succeeding. I miss upstate, but not the politics. Good on you Sir! Maybe I have to come visit again, it's been a decade or more since I've been home.
Light of the seven soundtrack over barrel making kinda works.
Really well produced video, relaxed, interesting, easy to listen to and to understand. Thank you.
Anyone know the song at 6:30?
The missing