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Hi everyone,
I was recently gifted a second hand 5 litre barrel as I have wanted to age my own port for some time now. After filling it with water it only took a day or so to stop leaking, so I moved onto turning hot water in it. After doing this I noticed wax coming out and after a quick google search I realised it was a wax lined barrel, and useless to what I wanted it for. I was a bit disheartened but at very least I could use it for storing port.
My concern now is that quite a bit of wax has come out and I'm worried that this may have compromised the barrel in some way and I'm worried that I have ruined the barrel.
I have also noticed that when doing my cold water soaking the water comes out clear, but doing hot water rinses, water comes out slightly brown.
I'm not sure if this is normal, so I thought I would get the opinions from people more experienced.
Thank you for reading my querie, any help would be greatly appreciated.
I was recently gifted a second hand 5 litre barrel as I have wanted to age my own port for some time now. After filling it with water it only took a day or so to stop leaking, so I moved onto turning hot water in it. After doing this I noticed wax coming out and after a quick google search I realised it was a wax lined barrel, and useless to what I wanted it for. I was a bit disheartened but at very least I could use it for storing port.
My concern now is that quite a bit of wax has come out and I'm worried that this may have compromised the barrel in some way and I'm worried that I have ruined the barrel.
I have also noticed that when doing my cold water soaking the water comes out clear, but doing hot water rinses, water comes out slightly brown.
I'm not sure if this is normal, so I thought I would get the opinions from people more experienced.
Thank you for reading my querie, any help would be greatly appreciated.