Barrel with access mechanism

A barrel, comprising:

• a barrel insert having an upper insert and a lower insert, the barrel insert is a container for a product lifting the product within the barrel thereby reducing effort required to remove the product from the barrel as the product is consumed;
• and,
• a lifting mechanism having a piston, a lifter base, a foot actuator, and a tether, the lifting mechanism lifts the lower insert of the barrel to bring the product closer to the top of the barrel and,
• wherein the lower insert includes a lower insert wall and a lower insert bottom that forms a hollow cylinder that is open at the top and closed off at the bottom by the lower insert bottom;
• wherein the lower insert bottom includes a piston tower with a center disk and a connecting wall which is in an upward projection of the center of the lower insert bottom;
• wherein the piston tower creates a piston cavity beneath the lower insert bottom to provide clearance for the lifting mechanism;
• wherein the piston and the lifter base is positioned under the lower insert and within the piston cavity created by the piston tower;
• wherein the connecting wall couples the center disk to the lower insert bottom;
• wherein the lower insert bottom includes a contoured bottom to provide rigidity and include a plurality of radial segments having a plurality of alternating heights;
• wherein the lower insert bottom includes a plurality of feet located on the underside of the lower insert to create a gap under the lower insert to provide clearance for a tether that interconnects the lifting mechanism located under the lower insert and the foot actuator located outside of the barrel;
• wherein the center disk is a horizontally oriented circular plate that the lifting mechanism pushes upward against;
• and,
• wherein the bottom of the center disk is reinforced to withstand pressure applied by the lifting mechanism.