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So, taken delivery of one oak barrel and so impressed I ordered another. I've used a Buon Vino mini jet filter, after two rackings, to filter and polish a Beaverdale Merlot into one prepared barrel and now I'm waiting on a second batch of Cab Sauv to settle before doing the same into the second...

Well, 20 litre barrel ordered. I'll keep y'all posted on how it goes but likely to be a few weeks before racking, settling and filtering into barrel. Barrel prices on web seem to vary widely and there seem to be a load of far eastern variants that look a bit iffy. You can spot these as they all...

Any tips for barrel ageing? I'm fermenting a 30 bottle Merlot and I'm considering purchasing an oak barrel for ageing before transferring to bottles. I'll probably lose about a litre in racking but the first question is: what size barrel? I can order a 20 litre barrel and just go straight to...

Hah. I see what you did there clapa

Hi Folks Just joined and thought I'd pop in for a quick first post. I've returned to home wine making after an absence of many years and kicked off with a Ballihoo/Beaverdale 30 bottle Merlot kit. So far, no problems. I plan to get an Oak Barrel for ageing once racked and filtered. Not sure...