Donutboy Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Looking for some opinion from folks on vertically storing barrels (head down, head up) vs horizontally. We are in a storage crunch and storing them vertically would help us out a lot. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestar Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We don't, but I recall that many of the barrels at Stranahan's were stored that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Haas Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We received some barrels that had the bung in the end. So we're storing vertically now. So far, no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Take a look at this. http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/03/13/has-looming-bourbon-shortage-arrived/?intcmp=obmod_ffo&intcmp=obnetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishdistiller Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Vertical storage on pallets is standard in both Ireland and Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Just talking today with people from Hiram Walker and they are switching all their storage to vertical and handing on pallets for speed and labor savings, but they said they have slightly more loss ( angels share ) than storage horizontal but the labor savings and speed far out weighs the losses. Their tests also show no difference in any aging factors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick260z Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Just talking today with people from Hiram Walker and they are switching all their storage to vertical and handing on pallets for speed and labor savings, but they said they have slightly more loss ( angels share ) than storage horizontal but the labor savings and speed far out weighs the losses. Their tests also show no difference in any aging factors The extra loss is due to hydrostatic pressure. I wonder at what volume and $/btl do the losses end up hurting you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbdavenport1 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 We visited Bowman's distillery in Virginia. They store vertically. They said they actually have less loss to angel's she because all the staves stay hydrated. Whereas on their sides, staves on the top tend to dry and create gaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rum Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 The guy who used to run Florida Caribbean distillery (large producer - used to make Cruzan, etc) told me that they ran experiments on this. They found an acceptable angel's share until they tried to stack four levels high. At that level of stacking they believed that the weight of the barrels put stress on the staves of the lower barrels and caused more evaporation than they were willing to accept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstill Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Six barrels high, 1.4 million barrels in storage. This is the same distillery that has the current "best whiskey in the world" The Best Whiskey in the World Is Canadian https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlaalindahao/2015/11/30/crown-royal-northern-harvest-rye-is-best-whiskey-in-the-world-2016/#10588abf3751 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickFloss Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Dead piling in vertical storage stacks on pallets is far more efficient safer to handle and will allow you to fit more barrels then traditional ricking structures or using racks. One thing you can do is seal the bung mid barrel and drill out a hole on the top, then pump in and out through top- this will make handling barrels exponentially easier quicker and safer- but you lose the romance of rolling barrels around and popping that stave mounted bung cheers bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickFloss Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Dead piling in vertical storage stacks on pallets is far more efficient safer to handle and will allow you to fit more barrels then traditional ricking structures or using racks. One thing you can do is seal the bung mid barrel and drill out a hole on the top, then pump in and out through top- this will make handling barrels exponentially easier quicker and safer- but you lose the romance of rolling barrels around and popping that stave mounted bung cheers bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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