Kentucky LiveEdge

These bourbon barrel stave bottle openers are not only a neat piece of regional history, they're functional, solid and sure to upgrade your barware or gift giving game! Each reclaimed piece has been thoroughly cleaned (removed excess charring), hand-cut, sanded, finished in a proprietary handrubbed poly coating and married to a rustic "Open Here," hardware. These are reclaimed/ recycled pieces that have had a lot of love and thought put into them. They are each slightly different and unique, but most average 10" l x 2.5"w x 1" thick. They make perfect gifts for bourbon connoisseurs, beer aficionados, Christmas gifts, groomsmen, birthdays, wedding gifts, graduation gifts or even for yourself to pop the top off of your favorite beverages! The perfect touch to your game room, man cave, she shed, home bar, etc. Each one ships with the hardware attached, two 2.5" screws for attaching to your wall, pre-drilled pilot holes for easy install and packaged inside of a tied of burlap sack for easy gifting! Simply stick  bow on it and you're job is done!

 The Bluegrass State is known as the Bourbon Capital of the World. A short trip in any direction from my shop or home will eventually land you at one of our renown bourbon distilleries. The distilling process to create bourbon requires the corn whiskey (min 51% corn) to be aged in charred White Oak barrels. The barrels are then stored and aged in rickhouses/ rackhouses for several years. Once the spirits have aged to the distillers liking, the used barrels are no longer allowed to be used for bourbon production again. As a result, the used bourbon barrels and their components are a readily available resource to Kentuckians. After years of seeing stacks of deconstructed barrels in a good friends barn, I decided to work with them one day in an attempt to transform them into something useful. Here we are!