This story appears in Birmingham magazine's July 2016 Issue. Subscribe today! With the proliferation of brown liquors available at your favorite bar these days, it's easy to forget the long, ...

Inside Bratcher Cooperage in Missouri, Doug Bratcher is working to keep history alive.Bratcher's shop makes custom barrels with tools dating back to the 1830s. While a big cooperage factory can make ...

Brown-Forman's bourbon barrel cooperage is about to get a facelift. Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now. The spirits production company announced Thursday that it will ...

“There’s a discrepancy between coopers and distillers of how much flavor comes from the barrel and how much comes from the actual distilling process,” says Adirondack Barrel Cooperage co-owner Joe ...

If you could make a lot of bourbon whiskey these days, you could be distilling real profits. Bourbon sales in this country are up 36 percent over the last five years. But you’d need new wooden barrels ...