A pint of stout. Deep brown oak. Each recalls the other when you take in the rich character of Guinness Breweries European Cooper's Oak flooring. More than 100 years ago, skilled coopers honed perfected of wood; one at a time, the craftsmen fortified the knots with hand-carved wedges, tapping them in by hand. Perfect curves of heavily grained brown oak – chosen for its strength – came together to form a vast brewing vat capable of holding some 722 pints of stout. It is from the great brewing vats that Mountain Lumber Company has rescued a unique wood and transformed it into flooring at DISTIL.