Rod Sheridan
08-28-2016, 12:18 PM
Hi, in Toronto there's an old Gooderham and Wort's distillery from the 1800's that has been preserved and converted into shops, restaurants etc.
The barrel house was built to hold 60,000 barrels of spirits while they aged. The racks to hold these barrels were made of old growth Douglas Fir from British Columbia, logged in the mid 1800's to possibly the late 1800's.
The barrel racks have been removed and the wood is available for sale now. There was 1,000,000 board feet removed from the barrel house, and I bought 130 board feet this weekend.
The timbers I bought were 3.5" X 7.5" X 105" long. They had a bolt hole in the middle, and one near each end. I sawed the timbers in half for transport, except for two that I cut at about 7 feet in length.
After loading them in the van, we drove a short distance and stopped for tea. When we got back in the van, it smeeled like someone had dumped a bottle of brandy in it, it was of course the aroma from over a century of the wood absorbing vapours in the barrel house.
The wood is absolutely straight grained, apparently the trees were between 100 and 200 years old when they were felled in the 19th century.
I've included a couple of photographs, I think I'll go purchase another 200 board feet.
Here's a link to the Distillery District http://www.thedistillerydistrict.com/
Here's a link to the wood http://www.distillerydistrictwood.com/
343073343074343075
Regards, Rod.
The barrel house was built to hold 60,000 barrels of spirits while they aged. The racks to hold these barrels were made of old growth Douglas Fir from British Columbia, logged in the mid 1800's to possibly the late 1800's.
The barrel racks have been removed and the wood is available for sale now. There was 1,000,000 board feet removed from the barrel house, and I bought 130 board feet this weekend.
The timbers I bought were 3.5" X 7.5" X 105" long. They had a bolt hole in the middle, and one near each end. I sawed the timbers in half for transport, except for two that I cut at about 7 feet in length.
After loading them in the van, we drove a short distance and stopped for tea. When we got back in the van, it smeeled like someone had dumped a bottle of brandy in it, it was of course the aroma from over a century of the wood absorbing vapours in the barrel house.
The wood is absolutely straight grained, apparently the trees were between 100 and 200 years old when they were felled in the 19th century.
I've included a couple of photographs, I think I'll go purchase another 200 board feet.
Here's a link to the Distillery District http://www.thedistillerydistrict.com/
Here's a link to the wood http://www.distillerydistrictwood.com/
343073343074343075
Regards, Rod.