I had to watch this again after learning of Ben's death.... I am working my way thru the various videos and podcasts I've watched with him... He will be missed by many, and I am taking his wish/challenge to create some barrels.... Prayers for all of Ben's family and friends.
Thanks! It’s been fun, and I’m still thinking hard about how to get better and faster. I feel lucky to have found a good problem to work on. Endless improvement!
Great stuff fellas. As an ex-cabinetmaker/carpenter myself, it’s inspiring to see Ben’s craftsmanship and innovative methodology, the jigs created for each step of the process are genius! I’m gonna have to give this a shot with the oak barrel staves I have in my home distillery. Cheers from New Zealand!
I have seen a lot of DIY jigs in my life but these are some of the most impressive I've seen. Very cool shop. Very cool barrels. All around fun video. Thank you both.
Great video , I've got 2 barrels a 10 and 5l both in wood but like the idea of stainless wood combo. Good to see all the jigs aswell to make the job easier.
When I was making rum, I had 5 gallons glass jars. I put oak into chipper, then roasted it until it was like coffee! Then I put a cup of oak and 1 tablespoon imitation vanilla (oak trees) into the 5 gallons glass jars. I really liked at 180 proof! 3 weeks and it was done!
This was great. I just received my BadMo barrel today and am looking forward to filling it with a whisky or a rum. So pretty excited to see how my spirit turns out in the future after a bit of time in the barrel.
Fantastic video - so many hobbies combined: Drink creation, wood working and gadget/jig creation. I was waiting for the rim to get folded over the wood - after seeing that barrel so many times in your videos, I hadn't realised that the lip actually bends outwards.
Definitely gunna give this a go! Looks awesome. As a joiner and carpenter and home distiller Also with a garage full of seasoned oak this is right up my alley. Love when skill cross over between hobbies lol.
Love this!!! More compact, less entire wood barrel worries. One of the cooler things I've seen!!! I'm already a subscriber, because you as well have a jig for that!!!
Jesse, great video with Ben on the making of these aging and conditioning barrels. I enjoy watching the process and look forward to the time of purchasing my own.
Name it Postillion - it fits considering you are a guide for many in the distillation journey, it just rolls off the tongue, and the added bonus of it being what you use post-stilling 😂
Brilliant video. Great workshop and I love the use of pneumatics. Sorry to see your clip that Ben sadly passed. Great inventor and fabricator. Buying a couple of these is now top of my list.
"And that's your bunghole" the realisation cracked me up! Then Jesse following through with "little bit disappointed you marked my bunghole like that" hahaha.
I am definitely buying one as soon as they are available just joined the mailing list his passion and craftsmanship sold me. I think a medium toast no4 char should do well for my 60 percent white corn 20 percent wheat and 20 percent malted barley bourbon recipe and to let it age for a few years instead of a couple months will be nice
Years ago, I got into Whiskey. I'm from Trinidad and I have friends at the Angostura distillery, and I was able to get my hands on an old rum barrel, but it was gigantic, there was no way I could ever fill it up, but I really wanted to try my hand at aging some rum, as Angostura had just launched their line of aged rums and I quite liked them and wanted to try it myself. So with zero woodworking experience, I thought, "how hard could it be" to take apart the big barrel and use the lumber from it to build a couple smaller barrels? So I set about watching youtube videos on woodworking, I bought some small hand tools at first to see if I even liked this before I spent thousands on it, built a couple boxes, realized that I like woodworking a lot, and then went fully into buying every piece of equipment I could ever want or need, which took years, and moved on some silly little out of square boxes to full sized wardrobes, bookshelves and cabinets, I even built several sets of custom speakers, which was a whole other hobby I got into as well, and have been able to make a couple sales from that one too. You might have noticed that this all started with a barrel, and I haven't mentioned it since, that's because it's sat in a corner of my house collecting dust for a couple years now, because I forgot about it lmao This video reminded me that I should get to work on that project, so much thanks to you.
Very interesting process, and after watching it is made the process seem to be simpler. This probably makes viewers want to try this for themselves, I know I do, thanks guys.
I got mine the other day and the quality was just outstanding. It has spirits in it and currently waiting. patiently. for a long time. Thank you Ben for a quality product and I definitely will be back for more!
I love these so much. When I first started looking at getting into distilling myself (15? Years ago) I was mucking around with something similar but couldn't at that time get the actual steel barrel part sorted and it just sort of faded away.
Great video. Lots of fun banter 😅. I got on the waitlist. I’m probably going to try to make my own as well. I have plenty of access to the oak and a cabinet maker friend. Cheers
I like how you’ve gone to the effort of setting up a studio background but it only gets used occasionally. I like to see your brew cave is littered with half finished projects just like mine.
You're right, but that logo backdrop was super fun to make! I got to collect a bunch of antique cooper's tools and make a giant logo. It gets more screen time in the longer sit-down interview that Jesse and I did a while back (th-cam.com/video/C-GN-ZMFvgg/w-d-xo.html) so it's already justified itself. :)
That's a very impressive workshop. Working in Automation industry I instantly noticed the lean setup, The quality Festo pneumatics. I'd put good money he used to work in the manufacturing industry.
Thanks! You might be surprised to hear that I have zero experience in woodworking or manufacturing. :) But imagine that you work on making a particular thing for 7 years. In that time you try a lot of tools and processes that don’t work, sort of work, work fine but are too slow, etc. Everything you see is just my current best guess, limited somewhat by money, space, and facility, about how best to get this done well. Cheers!
Great video, beautiful craftsmanship on the wood! As an air compressor tech please get those worm gear hose clamps (limeys call them jubilee clamps) off that pneumatic system, much as I hate to say it go to a Rapid air system, or a local compressor company come out install the infinity air (lifetime warranty on it). You can install the infinity air system yourself too, but you have to buy everything, air compressor companies install the stuff regularly so they’ll be fast installing it.
Good tip, but I’m surprised. I used Oetiker clamps almost everywhere. Maybe there are one or two holdouts, I just don’t remember. But you’re right, the old kind of hose clamp suuuuucks.
@@badmotivatorbarrels2273 There dangerous they made us stop using them years ago. One the companies I worked out had one those blow off, and the air hose went whipping around. An it ended up ripping a guy eyeball out, so I tell everyone not to use them on pneumatic systems anymore.
I have recently made a small version of this, unfortunately my whisky being aged in it turned black (similar to cola) any thoughts? I'm assuming it's due to a poor quality stainless? Could it be caused for under seasoned oak?
Absolutely brilliant design using a readily available stainless steel pot. As a pro distiller this would be great for R&D. Can't wait to build a few for myself!
The barrels are priced very fairly.. most people don’t have access to that kind of equipment and you’ve got it all figured out. Might as well just buy one from you. Nice job. So get busy making more, I want one, lol Also is the name Bad Motivator a Star Wars nudge?
Awesome video guys! I have an issue with barrels where I live. It’s extremely dry here and using a traditional barrel I can lose liters in just a few months without out having any leaks. More than the angels share I would say. I’m wondering if this style barrel would give me better results in this climate.
I’d be willing to bet. Probably you were using very small barrels? The high surface area to volume ratio of small barrels promotes a high loss rate in the best of environments, so you got the double whammy in a dry climate. By contrast, both theoretically and empirically the loss rate from my barrels is similar to or less than that of an American Standard Barrel.
This is one hell of a well put together video, this looks professional as all get out! Great video and super interesting, too bad all his barrels are sold out.
This guy's workshop is the epitome of the "necessity is the mother of invention" saying.
RIP Ben...you are the champ.
Noooo 😢
hey what happened??
@@satriahadjobaru2718 Apparently it was a paragliding accident. Just found the video and thats heartbreaking :/
I had to watch this again after learning of Ben's death.... I am working my way thru the various videos and podcasts I've watched with him... He will be missed by many, and I am taking his wish/challenge to create some barrels.... Prayers for all of Ben's family and friends.
Rest in peace Ben . You have made a considerable difference in many lives with what you were so generous to share freely.
God bless.
I'm utterly impressed by all those jigs and custom tools. that is a man who has made every part of his build as efficient as possible
Thanks! It’s been fun, and I’m still thinking hard about how to get better and faster. I feel lucky to have found a good problem to work on. Endless improvement!
Great stuff fellas. As an ex-cabinetmaker/carpenter myself, it’s inspiring to see Ben’s craftsmanship and innovative methodology, the jigs created for each step of the process are genius! I’m gonna have to give this a shot with the oak barrel staves I have in my home distillery.
Cheers from New Zealand!
Do it man! And thanks. :)
874-M1 is filled up and will live in my garage for the next 5 years... Thanks Jesse and Ben!
The dubble three stage monster barrel. Loved this epesode. You guys make a good team. Thanks for the upload. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
He is the mad scientist of barrel making! I love his precision
I have seen a lot of DIY jigs in my life but these are some of the most impressive I've seen. Very cool shop. Very cool barrels. All around fun video. Thank you both.
I must say, your production quality has become top-notch. Excellent work man!
Great video , I've got 2 barrels a 10 and 5l both in wood but like the idea of stainless wood combo. Good to see all the jigs aswell to make the job easier.
Awesome video! It was cool to see Otis' cameo as well. Can't wait to see what you're going to age in these
Will be putting up a video this week using the first one :)
When I was making rum, I had 5 gallons glass jars. I put oak into chipper, then roasted it until it was like coffee! Then I put a cup of oak and 1 tablespoon imitation vanilla (oak trees) into the 5 gallons glass jars. I really liked at 180 proof! 3 weeks and it was done!
I am truely blown away by the quality of the barrels and the camera work rocks !! Thank you Ben and Jess Luvit !!
Great video, just crafters helping each other and making friends in the process.
25:40 that is the smile of a very well accomplished man!!! Cheers and keep making more videos! Love your content so much!
I have casks but I like this idea , because it reduces maturation losses , prevents overoaking while still allowing for a proper maturation
Awesome! Saw his work on HDF when I started, glad he's getting famous because he's a genius!
Bloody awesome you 2, bloody awesome. A must-view for all us crafters, one of you best Jesse, cheers from OZ
Great video, thanks for introducing me to such a high caliber craftsman that is so incredibly humble and altruistic.
Yeah pretty awesome he is happy to share the love aye?
@@StillIt I'll be giving it a go and referencing both of your materials a lot.
That's so awesome I've lived in clackamas oregon my whole life. Hope you enjoyed the beautiful landscape here in our state
I really want to get one of these for aging mead in
A true craftsman. Great stuff guys! HDer here. 🥃
Finally got a Badmo barrel for myself and love it!!!
This was great. I just received my BadMo barrel today and am looking forward to filling it with a whisky or a rum. So pretty excited to see how my spirit turns out in the future after a bit of time in the barrel.
This was so damn cool! Thanks for sharing, Ben, and thanks for traveling, Jesse!
I’m so grateful to Jesse for giving me a chance to share all of this with you all! I’m really glad you dig it, H&G!
@@badmotivatorbarrels2273 I’m gonna give it a shot and try to make one! I’ll tag you in the video when it comes out! 🍻
I'm fascinated with all the jigs and customized tools.....A real pleasure to watch.
Very cool. Been wanting to find time in my woodshop of late and make something completely new. I may have just found my next project!
Fantastic video - so many hobbies combined: Drink creation, wood working and gadget/jig creation. I was waiting for the rim to get folded over the wood - after seeing that barrel so many times in your videos, I hadn't realised that the lip actually bends outwards.
Definitely gunna give this a go! Looks awesome. As a joiner and carpenter and home distiller Also with a garage full of seasoned oak this is right up my alley. Love when skill cross over between hobbies lol.
Nice work guys, definitely a great solution to my aging problem in Bodia. Thank you :-)
This was both awesome and wholesome. Thank you guys!
Call it the "Medium With Extra Steps". That's a neat product Ben makes.
Love this!!!
More compact, less entire wood barrel worries.
One of the cooler things I've seen!!!
I'm already a subscriber, because you as well have a jig for that!!!
I was thinking about a natural wood barrel about that size, just the other day. Very cool adaptation machinery. The stainless and oak☑️
One of your best videos, Now I need to buy one AND make one of my own.
Jesse, great video with Ben on the making of these aging and conditioning barrels. I enjoy watching the process and look forward to the time of purchasing my own.
Thanks! I'll be watching for you, friend.
This definitely go’s onto my bucket list to diy in honor for Ben and keep chasing the craft. Peace ✌️
I would love to make one someday. This is what I need to really progress to the next step.
Love this and what both of you do--thank you! I have barrel 393 and finally have a plan for it. This video just increases the anticipation.
I'm tempted to try this with used wine barrel staves, there are tons available in the walla walla area. It would probably end up as a domed lid too!
So cool. Can’t wait to make my own
Can't wait to try this, thanks guys.
Ben: good work man, It's clear to see that you love innovating to create something you enjoy! You're a true engineer!
That’s high praise, my friend. Thank you!
what a video, carpentry and whiskey, my 2 favorite things!!
Name it Postillion - it fits considering you are a guide for many in the distillation journey, it just rolls off the tongue, and the added bonus of it being what you use post-stilling 😂
Very nice barrel idea. And I love the shop set up! You could call it 3X3 or tic tac char?
Brilliant video. Great workshop and I love the use of pneumatics. Sorry to see your clip that Ben sadly passed. Great inventor and fabricator.
Buying a couple of these is now top of my list.
Yeah, your jigs are fantastic. Love it!
That is an impressive wood shop
Great video, ben is an amazing human and talented person. what an amazing video - wow.
Bro that’s a sick set up. He has. I would call the barrel Neapolitan
"And that's your bunghole" the realisation cracked me up! Then Jesse following through with "little bit disappointed you marked my bunghole like that" hahaha.
Ben is awesome! Thank you both for this instruction.
Aw, thanks! I hope you’ll give it a try, it’s a ton of fun.
I love delicious-meets-arts-and-crafts! Hope your barrel gives you some delicious spirits!
I am definitely buying one as soon as they are available just joined the mailing list his passion and craftsmanship sold me. I think a medium toast no4 char should do well for my 60 percent white corn 20 percent wheat and 20 percent malted barley bourbon recipe and to let it age for a few years instead of a couple months will be nice
Years ago, I got into Whiskey. I'm from Trinidad and I have friends at the Angostura distillery, and I was able to get my hands on an old rum barrel, but it was gigantic, there was no way I could ever fill it up, but I really wanted to try my hand at aging some rum, as Angostura had just launched their line of aged rums and I quite liked them and wanted to try it myself. So with zero woodworking experience, I thought, "how hard could it be" to take apart the big barrel and use the lumber from it to build a couple smaller barrels? So I set about watching youtube videos on woodworking, I bought some small hand tools at first to see if I even liked this before I spent thousands on it, built a couple boxes, realized that I like woodworking a lot, and then went fully into buying every piece of equipment I could ever want or need, which took years, and moved on some silly little out of square boxes to full sized wardrobes, bookshelves and cabinets, I even built several sets of custom speakers, which was a whole other hobby I got into as well, and have been able to make a couple sales from that one too.
You might have noticed that this all started with a barrel, and I haven't mentioned it since, that's because it's sat in a corner of my house collecting dust for a couple years now, because I forgot about it lmao This video reminded me that I should get to work on that project, so much thanks to you.
What a great story! That made me smile. It would be cool for you to circle back and get a few of these casks made! Cheers!
Very interesting process, and after watching it is made the process seem to be simpler. This probably makes viewers want to try this for themselves, I know I do, thanks guys.
17:35 "The bunghole is going to be reamed-" I'm fairly mature but Jesus Christ that got me 😂
This is such a good video by the way. I love the idea of making mini barrels with limited oak to match the volume of liquid
Thanks for posting.
You set out to make a barrel and ended up making a friendship
Very true!
Maby the real barrel was the friends we made along the way
@@sagopalm279hahahaha 😆
From barrelmaker to shipbuilder #woodworking
Cauterizing bungholes together 🤭
Ah man.. wish I knew you were in Oregon. Id have said hello. Hope you enjoyed your time in our beautiful little state. Even if its seen better days.
you can char the wood with large magnifying glass from parabolic mirror. it chars so fast and very little warpage because it minimizes moisture loss.
cant wait to see badmo barrels in ANZ!
This was so much fun to watch. Making jigs and optimising tools and operations is my personal fetish :)
Thank you for sharing
Rip Ben, Thanks for the inspiration and passion
I would love to make one, but i missed the make and brand of pale can you please link it?
I work for a barrel company its so crazy to see the work just in this little one
Checker-char. Freaking awesome bud. Can't wait to see how your spirit turns out.
WOW!, that was real interesting men, thanks for the lesson.
I got mine the other day and the quality was just outstanding. It has spirits in it and currently waiting. patiently. for a long time. Thank you Ben for a quality product and I definitely will be back for more!
I really appreciate that feedback, RR. Thank you. I hope we’ll keep in touch!
I love these so much. When I first started looking at getting into distilling myself (15? Years ago) I was mucking around with something similar but couldn't at that time get the actual steel barrel part sorted and it just sort of faded away.
Great video. Lots of fun banter 😅. I got on the waitlist. I’m probably going to try to make my own as well. I have plenty of access to the oak and a cabinet maker friend. Cheers
Great idea, thanx gents.
I am actually right by these guys. I'll have to check them out
What does he do with the waste? It would be perfect for jar aging
He is using a good portion of it for those maturation sticks that showed up near the end :)
Yes, it wood.
I like how you’ve gone to the effort of setting up a studio background but it only gets used occasionally. I like to see your brew cave is littered with half finished projects just like mine.
You're right, but that logo backdrop was super fun to make! I got to collect a bunch of antique cooper's tools and make a giant logo. It gets more screen time in the longer sit-down interview that Jesse and I did a while back (th-cam.com/video/C-GN-ZMFvgg/w-d-xo.html) so it's already justified itself. :)
Would it be better to use copper instead of steel to help with sulfates removal from alcohol?
Might cost a bit more. :)
@ 29:10 Judging from the innuendo, I reckon they should all be No. 2's ;-)
That's a very impressive workshop. Working in Automation industry I instantly noticed the lean setup, The quality Festo pneumatics. I'd put good money he used to work in the manufacturing industry.
Thanks! You might be surprised to hear that I have zero experience in woodworking or manufacturing. :) But imagine that you work on making a particular thing for 7 years. In that time you try a lot of tools and processes that don’t work, sort of work, work fine but are too slow, etc. Everything you see is just my current best guess, limited somewhat by money, space, and facility, about how best to get this done well. Cheers!
Great video, beautiful craftsmanship on the wood! As an air compressor tech please get those worm gear hose clamps (limeys call them jubilee clamps) off that pneumatic system, much as I hate to say it go to a Rapid air system, or a local compressor company come out install the infinity air (lifetime warranty on it). You can install the infinity air system yourself too, but you have to buy everything, air compressor companies install the stuff regularly so they’ll be fast installing it.
Good tip, but I’m surprised. I used Oetiker clamps almost everywhere. Maybe there are one or two holdouts, I just don’t remember. But you’re right, the old kind of hose clamp suuuuucks.
@@badmotivatorbarrels2273 There dangerous they made us stop using them years ago. One the companies I worked out had one those blow off, and the air hose went whipping around. An it ended up ripping a guy eyeball out, so I tell everyone not to use them on pneumatic systems anymore.
Oh, damn. When I rebuild my workshop I’ll look into those copper ring crimpers or something. Thanks!
An inspiration
I have recently made a small version of this, unfortunately my whisky being aged in it turned black (similar to cola) any thoughts? I'm assuming it's due to a poor quality stainless? Could it be caused for under seasoned oak?
Great video Jesse, RIP Ben...
I know its been a while since this aired but I would call it tic-tac-toast
This man was a genius!
Jessie, let me know where you source the steel canaster from in nz when you give making your own a go. I can only find 2l sizes here
Absolutely way too cool
Wish I could get one of these, but as to a name; varied char sounds good, love what you do still love tuning in on a friday
Absolutely brilliant design using a readily available stainless steel pot. As a pro distiller this would be great for R&D. Can't wait to build a few for myself!
I hope you will! Let me know if you run into any trouble.
I was actually wondering where I could get such a pot, but you say they're readily available. Where do you get these from?
Yes I was wondering where do you acquire these barrells as well and I'm located in Australia 🇦🇺
Brett these pots are typically called Bain Marie. They are used in the restaurant business
@@brianerlenback4012 thanks Brian! I'll check it out at my local catering equipment supplier
Outstanding video I just received my first Barrel from badmo number 3 char. I would buy one again if you offer a bigger volume. Cheers
He's working on it flat out...... gotta catch up with all the pre orders first! Haha
Hello sire , did thé Oak IS thé only type WE could aginng with or there is many type of wood
Very interesting video, I would love to see how wooden casks are made
Nice work guys
Love it guys thankyou so much can't wait to buy a keg when I get some funds
The barrels are priced very fairly.. most people don’t have access to that kind of equipment and you’ve got it all figured out. Might as well just buy one from you. Nice job.
So get busy making more, I want one, lol
Also is the name Bad Motivator a Star Wars nudge?
Thanks! Yeah, badmotivator was an old inside joke with the boys I grew up with, and definitely a Star Wars reference.
Awesome video guys!
I have an issue with barrels where I live. It’s extremely dry here and using a traditional barrel I can lose liters in just a few months without out having any leaks. More than the angels share I would say. I’m wondering if this style barrel would give me better results in this climate.
I’d be willing to bet. Probably you were using very small barrels? The high surface area to volume ratio of small barrels promotes a high loss rate in the best of environments, so you got the double whammy in a dry climate. By contrast, both theoretically and empirically the loss rate from my barrels is similar to or less than that of an American Standard Barrel.
The Still-it Stainless Soaker!
This is one hell of a well put together video, this looks professional as all get out! Great video and super interesting, too bad all his barrels are sold out.
He has a solid back list to get through. But he's working flat out on it
I added myself to the list! This may as well have been a great promotional video, I’ll say it again, this was a great quality video.