Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood
The Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood (SPBW), founded in 1963, is the oldest consumer-based group interested in stimulating the brewing of, increasing the awareness of, and encouraging the drinking of traditional cask ale. The Society also supports and encourages the use of wooden casks for beer dispense.
Wooden firkin from Bass Brewery, Burton upon Trent
Ye Olde Mitre, the SPBW's London Pub of the Year, 2019
T & R Theakston Masham
Wadworth & Co. Devizes
A barrel-aged beer is a beer that has been aged for a period of time in a wooden barrel. Typically, these barrels once housed bourbon, whisky, wine, or, to a lesser extent, brandy, sherry, or port. There is a particular tradition of barrel ageing beer in Belgium, notably of lambic beers. The first bourbon barrel-aged beers were produced in the United States in the early 1990s.
Tapping a barrel for a taste at Nebraska Brewing Company
Barrel ageing of lambic beer at Cantillon Brewery in Anderlecht, Belgium
Rodenbach, brewers of Flanders red ale in Roeselare, West Flanders
P. Ballantine & Sons brewery in Newark, New Jersey, in 1906