American Barrel Wax

The tin I received was full of product. Some reviews said it was near empty. I’m glad I bought this when I did because it was needed to plug a small leak on my barrel. I cured my barrel for 6 days and yet it still leaked from the front band when the plug was pulled. The wax stopped the leak.

I was trying to use natural beeswax on my barrel and it never really sealed it, one application of this wax fixed everything. Great product and I wish I had gotten this first.

Overall, this did what it needed to do. I have a Thousand Oaks 5L aging barrel. It is one of three barrels I own from various companies. The Thousand Oaks barrel is the only barrel that has never fully sealed. I gave their wax a try and it did the trick, but it also discolored the surface of the barrel and took 3/4 of the can to get the barrel to fully seal. It is finally sealed and has not leaked after about two months of aging a product.

I have a new 2L and a new 5L oak barrel for finishing white dog distillate in, and both leaked horribly during the initial soak in phase. After 3 days of pretty decent leaks (over 3 oz and 6 oz respectively) I thought I'd give this a try. Holy moly - I used it with my finger to gently push into the crease of the staves where I noticed leaking, and the wax held. I also heated up some wax with a flame and used a small paint brush to work it in around the barrel head/stave junction, and the leaks stopped! This stuff is a life saver - I'll give the angels their share, but I'm not giving up what I can control. Super impressed with this product.

Open the container, stick your finger in it and rub it where barrel is leaking, in my case it stopped leaking.

Works to to leaks in my aging barrels as advertised

I bought two old wood barrels. Wine was in ok shape, whiskey was very old and sun damaged. Couldn't hold anything until I soaked it a few times, filled it up while patching the leaks with this wax... worked better than i expected. (have to water down barrel, let wood expand, and keep pluggin' the small holes)

I like the convenience of the can. It sets underneath my barrel, and I'm able to catch the leaks early.