ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A cooper is a person who makes a barrel for a living. To make those barrels, you have to have trees — and to make sure there are trees for those barrels ...
As a barrel is being constructed, but before the heads at either end are added, the cooper (barrel maker) chars the inside edges of the staves. This final treatment imparts aromas of vanilla, spice ...
The business started as Penn Barrel and Cooperage Co. A person who repairs barrels is known as a cooper. Kaufman’s great-grandfather, Eli Weiner, reconditioned wooden barrels for any product ...