Own the Barrels Goose Island Uses to Age Its Beers

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Dec 1, 2011 9:25PM



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Maybe you're among the beer geeks scrambling to get your hands on this year's Bourbon County Stout. Maybe you love whiskey and everything about it. Maybe you have the room in your home for a used bourbon barrel.

Goose Island is hosting a unique sale Saturday at its Fulton Street brewery from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday. They're selling the barrels used to make Bourbon County Stout and other beers.

60 barrels will be available on a first come, first served basis for $30 each. At 53 gallons, these are huge barrels. Goose Island will be looking to dump some Heaven Hill barrels used in the aging of Bourbon County Stout, and some Heaven Hill rye barrels used in the aging of their Bramble Rye.

If this sale interests you, be warned: you will get these barrels as-is. Some of these barrels may contain fruit pulp, they won't be rinsed and, once you buy it, you're responsible for getting it home and any damages that may incur en route. For a full disclaimer, feel free to email them. We'd personally would love to saw them in half length-wise and turn them into benches. Or buy a ton of beer and age it.