cooperage
noun
coo·per·age
ˈkü-p(ə-)rij 
ˈku̇-
1
: a cooper's work or products
2
: a cooper's place of business
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The scent is a first for the Essences line: its concentrate is infused with Indonesian oud chips for 42 days, then diluted with alcohol aged in bespoke French oak barrels by artisanal cooperage Allary.
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Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
Brown-Forman has cut its workforce, sold a cooperage, and closed a Scotch distillery.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Brad Boswell: There's no nails, look over here, no glue --
Brad Boswell's newest cooperage produces thousands of barrels every day.
—Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
In a way, the old barrel filling house and the distillery’s cooperage function as an eerie sarcophagus for the bourbon industry’s downfall in the 1980s.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Dec. 2025
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Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
Brown-Forman has cut its workforce, sold a cooperage, and closed a Scotch distillery.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Brad Boswell: There's no nails, look over here, no glue --
Brad Boswell's newest cooperage produces thousands of barrels every day.
—Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
In a way, the old barrel filling house and the distillery’s cooperage function as an eerie sarcophagus for the bourbon industry’s downfall in the 1980s.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Cooperage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooperage. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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cooperage
noun
coo·per·age
ˈkü-p(ə-)rij
ˈku̇p-(ə-)rij
1
: a cooper's work or products
2
: a cooper's place of business
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