"Clyde Gill" wrote in message
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With all that said, I'd call the person who you bought it from. A well
coopered barrel will not leak at all. For point of reference, I fill
my barrels with wine without *any* presoaking, and have never seen
anything more than a slight ooze that stops within a day.

True enough, Clyde - but this is a really small barrel, and I'd guess it's
not a recently coopered one. It probably sat drying out in a homebrew shop
for quite awhile as sticker-shocked potential buyers walked by it on the way
to the StaVin beans. :^/

Tom S
www.chateauburbank.com