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h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-3829 style-local-6092-c6 position-relative\"> <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\"> <div data-href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/when-is-a-barrel-not-a-barrel\/\" data-colibri-component=\"link\" data-colibri-id=\"6092-c7\" class=\"colibri-post-thumbnail colibri-post-has-thumbnail colibri-post-thumbnail-has-placeholder style-3830 style-local-6092-c7 h-overflow-hidden position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all colibri-post-thumbnail-shortcode style-dynamic-6092-c7-height\">            <a href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/when-is-a-barrel-not-a-barrel\/\" title=\"When is a Barrel not a Barrel?\">\n\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"917\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tdo-beer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-Casks-Barrels-3.jpg?resize=917%2C917&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Beer Casks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tdo-beer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-Casks-Barrels-3.jpg?w=917&amp;ssl=1 917w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tdo-beer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-Casks-Barrels-3.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tdo-beer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-Casks-Barrels-3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tdo-beer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-Casks-Barrels-3.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/>            <\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <div class=\"colibri-post-thumbnail-content align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center flex-basis-100\"><div class=\"w-100 h-y-container\"> <\/div><\/div><\/div><div 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style-local-6092-c24 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/when-is-a-barrel-not-a-barrel\/\"><h4 class=\"colibri-word-wrap\">When is a Barrel not a Barrel?<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c11\" class=\"style-3835 style-local-6092-c11 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all\"><div class=\"colibri-post-excerpt\">For most people a barrel is just a container of liquid. Think beer barrel, wine barrel &#8211; rain butt! Yes the rain butt could be called a barrel as it contains liquid. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the earliest known use of the term is [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c12\" class=\"h-blog-categories style-3844 style-local-6092-c12 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all\"><a class=\"d-inline-block colibri-post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/category\/brewery-hardware\/\">Brewery Hardware<\/a><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c13\" class=\"h-blog-tags empty-preview style-3845 style-local-6092-c13 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all\"><a class=\"d-inline-block colibri-post-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/tag\/barrels\/\" title=\"Barrels Tag\">Barrels<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c14\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-2 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-3836 style-local-6092-c14 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href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/author\/admin5119\/\">Steve<\/a> <span class=\"meta-separator\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"metadata-item\"><span class=\"metadata-prefix\">on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/\">May 20<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-3839-outer style-local-6092-c17-outer\"><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c17\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-0 v-inner-md-0 v-inner-0 style-3839 style-local-6092-c17 position-relative\"> <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-auto align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\"> <div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c18\" class=\"h-x-container style-3840 style-local-6092-c18 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-6092-c18-group\"><span class=\"h-button__outer 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title=\"Parti-Gyle and Sparge Explained\">\n\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tdo-beer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sparge.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Sparge Arm\" \/>            <\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <div class=\"colibri-post-thumbnail-content align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center flex-basis-100\"><div class=\"w-100 h-y-container\"> <\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c8\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-2 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-3831 style-local-6092-c8 position-relative\"><div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-2 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\"> <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg h-col-md h-col-auto style-3832-outer style-local-6092-c9-outer\"><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c9\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-3832 style-local-6092-c9 position-relative\"> <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\"> <div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c24\" class=\"h-blog-title style-3921 style-local-6092-c24 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/parti-gyle-explained\/\"><h4 class=\"colibri-word-wrap\">Parti-Gyle and Sparge Explained<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c11\" class=\"style-3835 style-local-6092-c11 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all\"><div class=\"colibri-post-excerpt\">\u201cGyle\u201d is the whole brew derived from one mash; \u201cParti\u201d is \u201cparts of\u201d. Therefore, from one charge of malt (grist) in the mash tun, multiple worts are derived. The grist is soaked in hot water (liquor), stirred \u2013 referred to historically as mashing, and left to [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c12\" class=\"h-blog-categories style-3844 style-local-6092-c12 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all\"><a class=\"d-inline-block colibri-post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/category\/brewing-techniques\/\">Brewing Techniques<\/a><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c13\" class=\"h-blog-tags empty-preview style-3845 style-local-6092-c13 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-global-transition-all\"><a class=\"d-inline-block colibri-post-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/tag\/sparging\/\" title=\"Sparging Tag\">Sparging<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c14\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-2 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-3836 style-local-6092-c14 position-relative\"><div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-2 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\"> <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg h-col-md h-col style-3837-outer style-local-6092-c15-outer\"><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c15\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-0 v-inner-md-0 v-inner-0 style-3837 style-local-6092-c15 position-relative\"> <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\"> <div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c16\" class=\"h-blog-meta style-3838 style-local-6092-c16 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"metadata-item\"><span class=\"metadata-prefix\">by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/author\/admin5119\/\">Steve<\/a> <span class=\"meta-separator\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"metadata-item\"><span class=\"metadata-prefix\">on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/\">Apr 25<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-3839-outer style-local-6092-c17-outer\"><div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c17\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-0 v-inner-md-0 v-inner-0 style-3839 style-local-6092-c17 position-relative\"> <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-auto align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\"> <div data-colibri-id=\"6092-c18\" class=\"h-x-container style-3840 style-local-6092-c18 position-relative h-element\"><div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-6092-c18-group\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-3841-outer style-local-6092-c19-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/parti-gyle-explained\/\" data-colibri-id=\"6092-c19\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-3841 style-local-6092-c19 position-relative\"> <span>Read more<\/span> <span class=\"h-svg-icon h-button__icon style-3841-icon style-local-6092-c19-icon\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 545.5\"><path d=\"M299.5 140.5l136 136 11 11.5-11 11.5-136 136-23-23L385 304H64v-32h321L276.5 163.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n      \n      \r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6092","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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