For The Love Of Port

Thanks for all the feedback guys and the great suggestion of repurposing the current port - my wife and I have already had some cooking / dessert ideas for it. I filled the barrel with water and it immediately began to leak at the front and rear of it, however within a few hours the leaks had stoppe...

Thanks Andy, I kind of figured that was the case. I am not sure what the original port was that came with the barrel as it was full when it was first given to me but I topped up with a low cost Tawny as I started to make my through it. I have filled the barrel with water at the moment and found a fe...

I have a 50l Oak barrel that was given to me as birthday present over 10 years ago and yes at the time it was full. Keen to begin with I kept it topped up but became lazy with that more recently to the point where there is only about 5l left in it. I have decanted the port with intent to clean out t...