Cooper Course
In the Cooperage Mastery Course, you will master barrel-making skills including selecting wood, designing staves, raising barrels, toasting, testing for leaks, and maintaining them throughout their life. Build strong, leak-proof barrels perfect for enhancing wine, whiskey, beer, and spirits production with consistent flavor results.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course offers a practical guide to crafting high-quality barrels that improve taste and worth. You will study wood structure, choosing types, drying methods, and stave shaping, then progress to assembling, bending, fitting hoops, cutting grooves, and installing heads. Gain expertise in toasting, checking for leaks, preparing barrels, and managing their full lifespan to ensure reliable performance and strict quality standards.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Master barrel design: dimensions, shapes, and wood types to precisely control flavours.
- Expert stave craftsmanship: accurate jointing, bending, and hooping for robust, long-lasting barrels.
- Understand wood science: tree species, grain patterns, and chemistry influencing wine and spirits.
- Quick leak detection: advanced techniques to identify, repair, and avoid barrel issues.
- Control toasting and charring: consistent processes to achieve desired flavour, scent, and hue.
Suggested summary
Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.What our students say
FAQs
Who is Elevify? How does it work?
Do the courses have certificates?
Are the courses free?
What is the course workload?
What are the courses like?
How do the courses work?
What is the duration of the courses?
What is the cost or price of the courses?
What is an EAD or online course and how does it work?
PDF Course