Meet Our Lineup
Black Swan Wood Products is more than just a cooperage.
We're passionate about helping you create exceptional spirits, wines, and beers.
Explore our innovative products and discover how Black Swan can help you craft your legacy.
Traditional Barrel (Flat Staves): Our Traditional barrel is our take on the tried and true cooperage option. This barrel comes standard with a medium toast & #3 char for the best flavor to suit bourbon's, whiskey's, etc. Toast & Char is customizable to fit your preferred flavor profile.
Black Swan Standard (Cross-Cut):
The Black Swan Standard barrel is our most popular barrel option. It is often referred to as the "cross-cut' barrel, and has our patented End Grain extraction. With it's cross-grooved staves, it allows for quicker extraction of the white oak flavors and therefore decreases your overall age time. This saves both time and money without cutting corners on quality. Toast & Char is customizable to fit your preferred flavor profile.
HONEY COMB®: Our patented HONEY COMB® barrel is your best option for accelerated extraction and maturation. With this technology and the array of different barrel sizes we offer, this barrel will help age your product to fit any schedule. This barrel has a combination of cross-grooved & HONEY COMB(R) staves. It comes with a medium toast and "House Char", which is a #1 char to the body & #3 char to the barrel heads.
Squarrels: are customizable barrels designed to provide the same benefits as a traditional barrel. The original barrel chemistry remains unchanged, it’s just more efficient.
Squarrels offer unparalleled customization, allowing each stave to be selected individually to match your specific flavor preferences. This level of personalization opens up a world of possibilities for tailoring your product.
The unique cross-cut staves in Squarrels work significantly faster than traditional methods, with an efficiency increase of up to eight times. This innovation, patented by Russ in 2011, enhances the interaction between wood and product, and has been adopted globally since its introduction.
In addition to their speed, Squarrel staves are designed for greater consistency. The distinctive shape of the Squarrel staves allows for more precise control over the treatment process, resulting in a more reliable and dependable product selection.
Environmental considerations are also a key factor with Squarrels. All wood used in Squarrels is sustainably sourced, helping to reduce industry waste and make better use of natural resources. Additionally, shipment costs are kept low as replacement staves are delivered in flat boxes, reducing both expenses and carbon emissions.
Squarrels are built to withstand pressure just like traditional kegs, with the added benefit of the sankey spear attachment. This feature allows for effective pressure application, reducing the need for frequent top-offs. Cleaning and sanitization are simplified with the ability to bake the staves, ensuring a thoroughly sterile environment.
Moreover, the square frames of Squarrels are designed to stack and nest together efficiently. The frames for 10-gallon units can nest within each other, while the 30 and 60-gallon frames are interchangeable, with options to bolt them for added stability.
HONEY COMB® Alternatives:
Our patented HONEY COMB® Barrel Alternatives are wood inserts that can be used to add wood flavor to beer, wine, spirits, etc.. in an accelerated time frame (6 week extraction). The HONEY COMB® can be used in a number of different aging vessels from a bottle to barrels, to large tanks and beyond. They were created with the flavor enthusiast in mind--we offer them in a wide variety of wood species which opens up your wood recipe book for endless flavor profile opportunities.
