Now this I like. I play with a controller, and have been looking for an optimal layout that doesn't require corner pointing.

How do you put the kegs on top of the barrel and boards in the corner though?

Here's a link back to the original forum post for some FAQs or discussions: http://steamcommunity.com/app/413150/discussions/0/405693392923820687/

The 135-barrel layout is this one. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=641569092

It's missing one barrel right at the entrance. It's more of a theoretical maximum than anything, and it's terribly unfriendly to use. You can hybridize it with the tree layout to get a somewhat better trade-off. You can find it in one of the comments there.

@mitchav66 If you are looking for space efficiency, you should be looking at the other picture which fits 135 barrels. Double rows of casks are only space-maximizing if the building has one dimension which is 3n units long. The barn is 10 units high. You can fit 119 barrels like this if you fill the corners. You can fit just 3 more by doing what you suggest.

Is 2.5% more barrels worth the trade-off? This is a pareto-optimization problem. I'm trying to minimize traversal time with the loop. The tree layout looks good on paper but try actually using it - it takes far longer to empty and refill. There's a good reason for it and that depends on how well you control the mouse, but I dont have enough characters to describe it. I have 11 of these barns so that actually matters a lot. This is simply what I find most pleasant to use.

How much you can fit matters less than you might think, because the difference become small if the total area is large enough, and the barn is big. -.<

This is NOT the optimal layout for casks. There should be one pathway going down the middle, and rows of two casks branching off with walkways in between. Here is a screenshot of what i mean http://imgur.com/echY8DG

This is the layeout I've been wanting to find! Thanks mate.

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This is the layeout I've been wanting to find! Thanks mate.

That is a nice layout. Thanks!