Patent ID: 9212343
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: C12G,C12H

Abstract:
1. A container for use in aging liquids, said container comprising a. at least one sidewall, said sidewall having an inside surface and an outside surface, and a top wall and a bottom wall secured to said sidewall, b. said sidewall comprising a plurality of separate individual wooden staves secured together and to said top wall and said bottom wall to make said container liquid-tight, each of said staves having a first surface on the inside of said sidewall of said container and a second surface on the outside of said sidewall of said container, said first surface of each of said staves having an area between said top wall and said bottom wall of said container, c. at least one of said staves having a plurality of cross-grain cuts in said first surface partway through said stave in said area between said top wall and said bottom wall to expose end-grain wood in said one stave to a liquid in said container.