Drinking Barrels

I have seen certain of these barrels retrofitted with plastic liners which can be quickly extracted and washed, removing the requirements of actually deep cleaning the inside of the barrel (barring leaks of course).

However, the price nearly quadruples for such a change. Perhaps it might be worth seeing if some enterprising tinkerer could mock one up.

I agree with Larry and Charlie 

I have a five gallon one that is a lot of maintenance.  I did foind 2.5 gal one with a plastic liner .That's the one I use

  The five gal Oak just sits there now for  atmosphere .  Looks great but from my experience a lot of work