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If you want them for decorative purposes and not for carrying or preserving beverages, you might try local wineries or distilleries. They usually give away old casks for the cost of carting them away. But they do this because they are no longer safe for food use.

Townsend's prices are actually some of the cheapest around. Real well-made casks are far more expensive.

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I'd been looking for a smallish barrel to use as a "pirate's canteen". I found a couple of sites that might have what you're looking for at less-than-pricey prices.

http://www.1000oaksbarrel.com/catalog.html

http://www.oldworldbarrel.com/

My only question is, how do you seal them if you don't plan to use them for aging hard liquor? They don't sell pine tar at the local hardware stores and I'm not sure how to use beeswax to coat the inside of the container (the preferred method, if I can figure it out).

~~Cap'n Bob

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Cap'n Bob,

I think Townsend sells brewer's pitch. If they don't, your local (or online) brewing supply store does. This is what you use to line a food-safe canteen. I believe brewer's pitch contains beeswax, but there's something else in there too...

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