Gibbs Bros. Cooperage

A cooperage is a shop where round wooden containers, which we generally called kegs or barrels are manufactured. These casks are an essential element in the making and keeping of wine & fine liquors as well as serving as wooden containers & decorative objects.

Casks intended for spirits, molasses, wax, vinegar or other liquids have to be tight--that is, water-tight--and the cooper who makes these types of containers is a "tight cooper." Slack casks were used for flour, potatoes, apples, crockery and just about anything else that might have to be shipped from one location to another or possibly in the making of barrel furnishings.

A cooper has always been an essential craftman in respect to the time-honored tasks which traditionally use barrels. His responsibility is still to assemble pre-made casks as they are needed to hold the valuable wines & spirits, waxes, vinegars and other items. Gibbs Bros. Cooperage is proud to provide barrels for such distillers as Jack Daniels Distillery and others.