Meet MerlinDesign your own barrel
Merry Christmas from the barrel shop

Age your own whiskey at home.

Real American white oak barrels with charred interiors, made for aging whiskey, bourbon, rum, and cocktails. Choose your size, pick your style, and make it your own with custom engraving.

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Christmas cutoff: Dec 16, 5 pm ET
Engraved in our shop, then shipped to arrive by Christmas.
Too late to engrave for Christmas?
A gift card arrives by email today. They pick the barrel and the words.
Engraved oak barrel with a red bow, pouring whiskey beside a Christmas tree
  • Ready by ChristmasOrder by Dec 16, 5 pm ETEngraved and shipped in time
  • Gift cardsArrive by email today
  • Engraved in-houseNames, dates, logos
  • Free shippingOn orders over $149
  • Since 1999Barrels are all we do
A couple by the fire opening a Personalized Bootleg Whiskey Kit: engraved barrel, essence packets, cleaning kit and recipe booklet
Personalized Bootleg Kits

Make the first batch together.

A personalized barrel, two spirit essences, the cleaning kit and our recipes, ready to fill on Christmas morning. Order by Dec 16, 5 pm ET.

Too late to engrave one for Christmas? Send a gift card and let them build the kit themselves.

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Gift guide

Who are you shopping for?

All gifts
The whiskey loverEngraved barrels The home barSmokers, glasses, tools The coupleNames and the date From $50Arrives by email.
They pick the barrel.Gift cardsLast-minute safe
American white oak · Handcrafted since 1999

Age your own whiskey at home.

Real American white oak barrels with charred interiors, made for aging whiskey, bourbon, rum, and cocktails. Choose your size, pick your style, and make it your own with custom engraving.

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Engraved oak barrel pouring whiskey into a glass
  • Since 199925+ years of barrel making
  • 1–20 litersSizes for every home bar
  • Custom engravingMade personal in-house
  • Distillery gradeBuilt for aging spirits
A Hubbard family design drawn by Merlin, burned into an oak barrel head and painted in colour on a dartboard door
Meet Merlin · our design engine

Your name on the barrel. And the dartboard. And the bar sign.

Type what you want it to say. On the barrel, describe the picture you have in mind too, or send a photo. Merlin draws it in under a minute, checks every letter, and shows you the proof. Burned into oak on the barrel, painted in full colour on the dartboard and the bar sign. What you see is what we make.

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Where Merlin works

Pick a piece. He does the drawing.

BarrelBurned into oak, 1–20 LBootleg kitYour barrel, plus everything to fill itDartboardFull colour on the cabinet doorsBar signQuarter-barrel head, printed in colourPhoto dartboardYour own picture on the doors
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The rest of the shop

Aging barrelsFive series, 1–20 LPersonalizedEngraved to orderSpirit kitsEssences and infusionsFoghat smokerSmokers, fuels, tumblersBar & decorSigns and dartboardsWeddingsCard barrels and gifts
Aging barrels

Pick your series

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CraftBlack steel hoops and a clean oak head.ChalkboardA writable front, so you can label every batch.PersonalizedYour name, date or logo engraved on the head.DistilleryThe barrel working distilleries put on the bar.Brass spigotNew: a solid brass tap in place of wood.
Foghat Cocktail Smoker on a glass of whiskey
Our own brand

The Foghat cocktail smoker

Set it on the glass, light the wood, and the smoke rolls down into the drink. The kit comes with the smoker, a torch and oak fuel.

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Guest dropping a card into an engraved wedding barrel
Wedding Barrels®

The card box they keep

An oak barrel engraved with both names and the date. It collects cards at the reception, then lives on the bar at home.

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About the shop

Barrel makers since 1999

Every barrel is American white oak with a charred interior, the same build a distillery uses, scaled down to fit a counter. Because the barrel is small, more of the spirit touches the wood, and it picks up color and flavor far faster.

Engraving happens in our own shop, so a personalized barrel is made by the people who sell it.

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