Here's an interesting photo, I reckon the vast majority of people would have absolutely no clue what it was. It is in fact a brewing vessel pre-loaded with wooden spirals (increasing the surface area available for contact) prior to filling it with beer, once full and over time the beer will take on the flavour of the wood (among other things) which adds to the overall complexity and profile of the final product. It's a concept that's been used with wine (oak barrels etc.) for hundreds of years, nice to see modern brewers experimenting like this, I can't imagine it's cheap or convenient to be handling ingredients of this nature.
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