Barrel Club

Add the Barrel Club product to your cart and purchase. We will contact you to schedule a consultation and tour at our distillery.

One barrel produces approximately thirty 750ml bottles.

Yes! You own the barrel. However, the barrel must remain at the distillery while it contains product and throughout the bottling process. Once all whiskey from the barrel has been bottled or consumed, you may take your empty barrel home as a keepsake or choose to refill it for $1,250 and continue the aging journey.

Aging of whiskeys (bourbon, rye and single malt) in a standard size oak barrel (53 gallons) typically takes a minimum of 2 years and is often much longer (e.g. 7-year bourbon, 12-year rye). The use of smaller barrels accelerates the aging process due to the higher ratio of internal surface area to volume – more wood contact per amount of spirit. Equivalent aging is roughly proportional to the cube root of the ratio of barrel volumes. A 5-gallon barrel ages whiskey approximately 2.2 times faster than a 53-gallon barrel, achieving a “2-year” whiskey in 11 months, a “4-year” whiskey in 1 year and 10 months. Aging in a 5-gallon barrel for 5 years will produce a “11-year” whiskey, and so on. You can taste your whiskey as it ages and decide when you want to bottle it. We recommend a first tasting one year after barreling.

Cask strength (also known as barrel proof or barrel strength) means that a spirit is bottled directly from the aging barrel without any added water to dilute its alcohol content. While standard whiskeys are typically diluted with water down to a commercial standard of 40% to 45% alcohol by volume (ABV), cask strength spirits are left unadulterated. This results in a much higher alcohol level, usually ranging between 50% and 65% ABV (100 to 130 proof), though older or uniquely matured barrels can occasionally fall slightly higher or lower. Most Hiatus spirits are proofed to 46% ABV (92 Proof). Bottling at cask strength results in fewer bottles per barrel. A 5-gallon barrel aged for 2 years is expected to produce approximately 25 bottles at cask strength and 35 bottles at 92 proof.

The portion of whiskey that evaporates through wooden barrels into the air during the aging process. In addition to tastings during the aging process, angel’s share reduces the volume in all aged spirit barrels. The longer it ages the more angel’s share there will be. This is a tradeoff in all spirit aging and contributes to why long-aged spirits (a 30-year scotch for example) are significantly more expensive due to less yield per barrel at the time of harvest.

Yes, contact abby@hiatuscrafthouse.com to set up a personal payment plan schedule.

Yes! Barrel ownership may be shared with up to 10 people. Your group must be established prior to purchase, and all listed members will receive club perks and benefits. To set up a shared barrel and receive an itemized invoice for your group, please contact abby@hiatuscrafthouse.com.

Yes, purchase the barrel online and contact abby@hiatuscrafthouse.com to reassign ownership.

Purchase the barrel online and contact abby@hiatuscrafthouse.com to assign up to 10 names that are able to access the barrel for tasting and the bottling experience.