I hauled the barrel out of my basement in the middle of the summer and put it out in the basketball area behind my garage. I brew there, so I keep a fairly close eye on it and keep it topped off with water so it doesn't dry out. It got cold, I started brewing inside the garage, and sort of forgot about the barrel. Then it snowed, and the temperature dropped to single digits. Bad news for the barrel.
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The barrel was completely full of water. When it froze, it pushed out the barrel end. |
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I set up a tarp and a heater and got it thawed out. The head came out during the thawing. |
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A few of the boards making up the head were cracked, so I glued them back together. The head itself is put together dry. There are dowels, but no glue between the boards. |
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Since the end of the barrel was off, I took a few pictures of the inside. Here I'd pulled off the two end hoops so there will be some slack to be able to put the head back in. |
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I make a few new dowels to replace the ones that had broke, then pounded the boards together with a rubber mallet. |
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Looks pretty good. There is still a little surface splitting just to the right of the "bourbon". |
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Looks pretty good. Here the head is in, but the hoops are not on yet, so there are still some gaps visible. |
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Repaired! It still needs filled and seasoned, but I think it's good for a barleywine now. |
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