Drying wood for barrel construction The ambient air and its properties are decisive for how wood behaves in this environment. Wood always contains water in bound form. If a quantity of water is present above the so-called fiber saturation point, this water is also known as unbound water. It is then located between the cell…
German oaks for wooden barrels What do our native oaks from the low mountain ranges have in common with Napoleon, Goethe and Humboldt?Correct, they are all the same age, but these oaks only mature nowadays and are carefully harvested to make them into wooden barrels, among other things. The applied fire makes them gentle to…
The tools of the cooper through the ages Traditional craft The profession of a cooper is one of the oldest crafts still taught in Germany. This old guild still works today with models, tools and techniques like their predecessor generations did 100 years ago. For example, the textbook that is still used today as the…
Technical progress Our new drying kiln is the actual state-of-the-art kiln compared to our actual machine park This revolutionary facility has been installed in the beginning of June and allows to process up to 8 cbm of wood per cycle. The modernized version of the vacuum drying technology saves fresh drinking water by reusing the…
Personalised – Individual – Made to measure Again and again you read on our website and in our online shop « personalised », « individual », « made to measure », … But what do we mean by that? How is this realised? How can I imagine the whole thing? The request Questions, questions and more questions. It’s quite simple in…
Fermentation of white wine! A few years ago, when a customer asked me for the first time whether we could remove the lid from the 500-liter barrel he had ordered, I – new to the barrel business and inexperienced as I was – was a bit taken aback… What did the man want with such…
Coopering a whiskey barrel in the twilight Protagonist of the advertisement film On 07.05.21 we had the professional film team of AirV8 from Rosenheim as guests. The young creatives shot a promotional film on behalf of our business partner – SLYRS – for their liquid gold from the SLYRSee. It was very interesting to experience…
When memories are precious… Again and again, we gladly accept orders for restorations of old large barrels. the economic aspect recedes into the background with restorations of this kind. It is about emotional values. It is about barrels that are close to the hearts of our customers. It is a great pleasure for us to…
Rebuilt barrel Our promise From selected, freshly emptied, highly aromatic barrels in the original sizes between 190 l – 500 l we manufacture the small reclaim barrels in our Wilhelm Eder cooperage. The barrels are made to order. In this way, we ensure that you also benefit from the aroma package of the pre-packaging from…
One year of Lycka – 20.03.2021 Exactly today, one year ago, « our » Lycka – as one of the last two lynxes of the big reintroduction project – was released into the wild in the Palatinate Forest. We are particularly pleased – as sponsors of the lynx Lycka – about the recently published figures on « our…