We are proud to announce that our domestic cooperages- Missouri Cooperage, Kentucky Cooperage and Commonwealth Cooperage- have all secured certification in food safety management (ISO 22000).

Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BFA,BFB) announced the sale of its cooperage in Trinity, Alabama, to Independent Stave Company (ISCO). The cooperage will continue to make barrels for the Jack Daniel Distillery as part of a strategic relationship between the companies. ISCO will rename the cooperage from the Jack Daniel Cooperage to the Alabama Cooperage upon closing, expected by May 1, 2024.

 Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Independent Stave Company officials announced today the company will invest $30 million to establish new manufacturing operations through its subsidiary American Stave Company in Rickman, Tennessee.

Independent Stave Company (ISCO) has agreed to purchase Brown-Forman Corporation’s stave mill facility located in Clifton, Tennessee. The acquisition is expected to be finalized by July 31, 2023. The property covers 82 acres of land, and includes a stave mill, log yard and stave yard.

Cooperages 1912 is growing their collection of premium wine barrel brands with the addition of Maison Moussié. Made with a noventique style – which combines innovation and authenticity – Maison Moussié creates luxury barrels positioned for high-end wines.

Independent Stave Company (ISCO) has agreed to purchase two stave mill facilities from Brown-Forman Corporation. The acquisition is expected to be finalized by November 1, 2022. The stave mills are located in Stevenson, AL and Jackson, OH.from Independent Stave Company and Coil Construction were on hand for the groundbreaking.

Coil Construction broke ground today to make way for a new mill for Independent Stave Company to produce staves for bourbon and wine barrels. Community members, members of the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce and Arkansas Economic Development Commission, and representatives
from Independent Stave Company and Coil Construction were on hand for the groundbreaking.

Independent Stave Company, a manufacturer of high-quality oak barrels and cooperage products, announced they will construct a state-of-the-art mill in Batesville to produce staves for bourbon and wine barrels.

Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced barrel producer Kentucky Cooperage LP Ltd. will expand its existing used barrel operation in Marion County with a more-than-$4.1 million investment that will create up to 20 full-time jobs.

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel, a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company, is expanding operations with the opening of a cooperage facility in Ireland. The company will begin doing business under the name Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ireland on September 1, 2021. The facility is located near the town of Newbridge, in County Kildare, about an hour west of Dublin.

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel, a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company, is proud to announce they have received the ISO 9001 certification. The ISO 9001 certification is an international standard that requires companies to develop and document a quality management system that outlines how they operate.

On June 4, 2019 Independent Stave Company (ISCO) broke ground on construction of Commonwealth Cooperage, a new state-of-the art cooperage facility in Morehead, KY.

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Independent Stave Company (ISCO), has announced plans to expand cooperage operations in the United States to increase production of high-quality barrels for the spirits industry. Plans include the construction of a new cooperage in Morehead, KY as well as the expansion and modernization of current cooperages in Missouri and Kentucky.

Gov. Matt Bevin today announced barrel manufacturer Independent Stave Co. will create 220 jobs for Kentuckians with a new $66.5 million cooperage in Morehead.

Independent Stave Company (ISCO) is pleased to announce the completion of its sixth American oak stave mill. Benton Wood Products (BWP) is fully operational and processing high-quality staves and heading for the company’s cooperages in Kentucky and Missouri. The commissioning of BWP paves the way for the expansion and modernization of ISCO’s cooperage operations.

Tonnellerie Tremeaux is pleased to announce construction of a custom atelier designed to honor artisanal tradition and create an aspirational environment for skilled craftsmen. Once complete, Tonnellerie Tremeaux will move its barrel production from the current site to the new cooperage, still nestled in the heart of Beaune.

Independent Stave Company and Kentucky Bourbon Barrel are pleased to announce a new partnership to further serve their respective customers. Following an investment, Independent Stave Company is now co-owner of Kentucky Bourbon Barrel and plans to work alongside the company’s founder Tim Ratliff to continue building on the company’s success.

Oak is an excellent choice for crafting spirits barrels. Why? It contributes a wide variety of desirable flavors, it is ring porous allowing the oak extractives to be more accessible, and oak is liquid tight when quartersawn (American oak) or split along the grain (French/European oak).

At Independent Stave Company, we take sustainability and growth of our white oak resource seriously. Our efforts, and those of countless loggers, landowners, and the forestry departments are paying off. Currently, the supply of harvestable white oak is growing.

MOREHEAD, Ky. (Sept.16, 2015) – Independent Stave Company is pleased to announce its fifth American oak stave mill has come online and is now fully operational. Transformed from an empty 58-acre field to a state of the art stave mill in just two years, Morehead Wood Products began operating in September and is now supplying high quality staves and heading to the company’s Kentucky Cooperage based in Lebanon, Ky.

MOREHEAD, Ky. (April 4, 2016) – American Stave Company, a division of Independent Stave Company (ISC), is pleased to announce the acceptance of its offer to purchase 48 acres of land in Marshall County, Ky., where the company plans to build a state of the art stave mill.