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Made from recycled Bourbon Barrels

Create Your Own Personalized Bourbon Barrel Head

$49.00$219.00

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At WhiskeyMade we believe in personalization. That’s why we’ve built the ‘Create Your Own – Personalized Barrel Head’ page. You design it, we build it! Or, if you have a print ready design already made, this is the place to start:

Give us instructions and/or upload a file.

  1. Free digital mock-up provided for pre-approval upon request.
  2. Revise until your heart is content.  Until it is perfect.
  3. We engrave and ship to you.

 

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    LARGE AND IN CHARGE - Dimensions - 22" diameter and 1.25" thick
    REAL BOURBON BARREL WOOD - 12 pounds of solid American Oak.
    ALL THE SIGNATURES - Big enough to hold ~150+ signatures comfortably.
    STURDY AND MADE IN THE USA - Held together by a 19" backing board.  Hand made here in the USA.
    COMPLETE GUEST BOOK KIT - Comes with hanging hardware, a marker, and fixative added to the wood to hold signatures in place.


    NOT YOUR NORMAL GUEST BOOK - Dimensions - 21" x 21"
    REAL BOURBON BARREL WOOD - Made from Barrel Staves.  Arranged in a mosaic patter. 
    COUNTRY RUSTIC - Sanded but still rustic, this is a perfect piece to cherish forever.
    ALL THE SIGNATURES - Our biggest Guest Book.  Big enough to hold ~200+ signatures comfortably.
    STURDY AND MADE IN THE USA - Held together by a 19" backing board.  Hand made here in the USA.
    COMPLETE GUEST BOOK KIT - Comes with hanging hardware, and a marker for signatures.

    PERFECT TABLE TOP PIECE - Size - 20-21" on the base. Minimum of 4" tall on the shortest side.
    EASY TO DISPLAY - Beveled base edge sits at a 10 degree angle making displaying simple and easy.
    PLACE IT ANYWHERE - Weighs around 3lbs.
    BEST FOR SMALLER WEDDINGS - Can hold ~30-40 signatures. 
    EVERYTHING INCLUDED - Comes with a marker for signatures and pre-sealed with a fixative to hold them in.

    Enhance your Barrel Head

    Turn your barrel head into a lazy susan, clock, or table with these add-ons:

    Tell us what you would like made. Even if you don’t have print ready art, we can make it for you. You can request as many revisions as you’d like until it’s perfect.

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Product Description

Comes with:

  • Custom Engraved Barrel Head – designed by you!
  • Hanging hardware to display it on your wall.
  • Any optional upgrades you selected – lazy susan, clock kit, or serving tray

Here’s how it works:

  • We reclaim a prime barrel head from a genuine, distillery used bourbon barrel.
  • We clean, dry, and sand it down until it’s bright and smooth – perfect for signatures.
  • We laser engrave your custom design – permanently burning in all the details.
  • A clear fixative is added that “holds” your signatures in place – your guests can write on the wood without worrying about the ink bleeding, running, or fading.
  • We pack it up and ship it to you via the fastest premium shipping method

 

  • Made from real whiskey barrels – We have a contract with a major cooperage that supplies new white oak barrels to distilleries all over Kentucky. Once they’ve aged bourbon in the rickhouse, they are sent back to the cooperage, who then makes sure the barrels are once again put to good use as re-purposed bourbon wood.
  • Carefully processed and assembled by hand – The bourbon barrel heads (lids) come to us as loosely assembled slats, since pressure and good craftsmanship hold the barrels together (and never glue). In order to make sure they stay together, we’ve created our own process of fitting a piece to the back to hold the slats together, and adding hardware to make sure it hangs safely on the wall.
  • Authentic and unique – Each barrel head shows distinct signs of its history in the famous rickhouses of Kentucky. Depending on which product you order, you may see the whiskey mark (stamp) or the charred wood through a viewing hole we add to our backing boards.
    Like every batch of whiskey, every barrel head tells its own story. We don’t manufacture these – the cooperage does with a little help from some of America’s best bourbons and whiskeys, so no barrel head we send out is ever perfect. You may see slats that don’t line up perfectly, or there may be gaps where the wood has swollen and contracted over the years, but to us, that imperfection is beautiful.
  • Laser Engraved, not Printed – You can see and feel the difference.  Designs are laser burned in, giving depth and a contrast to the wood while also maintaining a rustic and natural look.
  • Not just a wedding piece – After the wedding, and after this bad boy is signed, hang it up on the wall for all to see with our included wall hanging hardware.  It will be a beautiful centerpiece for years to come.
  • Designs Galore – With our builder, your options are endless.  And if you have something special in mind, email us and we will make it for you.
  • A solid piece of American craftsmanship – Weighs 12lbs and measures 21-22″ in diameter and around 1.5″ thick.  This baby was rolled around in rackhouses and used to store 50+ gallons of bourbon at a time.  It is solid as a rock and will stand the test of time.
  • Perfect for signatures – We make sure to include enough blank space for signing.  Includes a sharpie for signatures and fixative coating to prevent smears.

When the barrel heads arrive in our studio they are charred and bourbon soaked – which means you can still smell smokey whiskey notes when you open your package.  We prepare them for their journey by tightening the loose slats, adding a solid wood backing board to hold them firmly in place, then sanding and refinishing the top down so that it is clean, flat, and perfect for signatures. Once ready, we engrave your design into the wood with our 150w laser and finish it off with a clear fixative that will make sure your guests’ messages don’t smear.

The laser will give your design varying depth and the contrast of the burned/sanded wood will give it a dynamic look perfect for your wedding, and later, your home.

Additional Information

Weight 11.5 lbs
Dimensions 22 × 22 × 1.5 in
Wood Type

Full Barrel Head, Quarter Barrel Head, Stave Mosaic

Wood Finish

Planed, Sanded

Personalization Available

Yes

Material Type

Full Barrel Head

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Rachel R.

If they had 10 stars I would give them 11!

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John Stein

The Ordering process was simple and the delivary was fast

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Keith W.

Fantastic barrel top gift! Your team knocked it out of the park! Absolutely an incredible job and the recipient sound it was the nicest farewell gift he had ever received. Thank you for the promptness. Will continue to use and tell others in the military to use!

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Tina

This turned out fantastic!! Excellent customer service!

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Walter Dunn

Very fast and helpful

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  3. It didn’t matter what we designed, the team did a great job.

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  5. Fantastic barrel top gift! Your team knocked it out of the park! Absolutely an incredible job and the recipient sound it was the nicest farewell gift he had ever received. Thank you for the promptness. Will continue to use and tell others in the military to use!

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