Oak aging?

[chris2012]

Has anyone bought any oak sticks from here, out of interest:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oak-Sticks-f ... 2044014602

I'm wondering how well they'd work in beer. They seem to also sell cubes, or sticks with cuts in.

[Paddington]

Chris, subscribe to Brulosophy podcasts, they did one on this subject. Quite possibly on their website, too.

[WalesAles]

Chris,
I did a Coopers Stout using French Bourbon Barrel Oak chips.
Like these......https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/American-Oak ... ctupt=true
Dry Hopped them for a week on day 7 of fermentation. It was BLM!
Here is a review of the Beer......
viewtopic.php?f=80&p=829763#p829763

WA

[Normski]

I've been useing some Jack daniels oak chips for a few years that are sold for BBQ's. They are chipped jack daniels barrels 100% oak no aditives to assist burning.
I use them to age rum and whisky, but have also used them with some of my beers.
As they are very spirit soaked they are well sanitized. Up to a month in secondary and they are very good.
Every couple of years I dry them and take a blow torch to them, to add a bit more char to the oak.
https://www.therange.co.uk/outdoor-livi ... ips#161504
£8 for 1Kg

[chris2012]

Cheers everyone for the info, definitely gonna give this a shot soon!. Probably in a RIS.

[steviebobs83]

I racked a gallon of Belgian Dark Strong Ale onto some of these...

Charcoal Companion Port Soaked Wood Chips / 88.5 cu.in, Brown, 7.59x13.31x24.21 cm https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00U1GIEMY/ ... aDbD8KM580

Wish I'd done the whole 5 gallon batch, twas lovely.

[chris2012]

Sounds good, there's a Belgian quad recipe, I've been wanting to try for a while too.

[chris2012]

I ended up getting some oak cubes from - https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product ... hunks-500g

Just wondering if anyone has used those particular ones, and has advice re. how much to use and for roughly how long?

I have a stainless mesh to put the cubes in and just ordered a lid with a hook to attach it to.

[mozza]

I ended up getting some oak cubes from - https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product ... hunks-500g

Just wondering if anyone has used those particular ones, and has advice re. how much to use and for roughly how long?

I have a stainless mesh to put the cubes in and just ordered a lid with a hook to attach it to.

I’ve got a bag as well. They’re going in to a plum wine next week

[chris2012]

Oooh cool!

We've got a damson tree, but most of the damsons have gone into gin. I wanted to pick more which are all very high up
and bought https://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Prod ... ry-Picker/ and lashed to a rod, but that
didn't work too well heh.

[nickjdavis]

[quote=chris2012 post_id=846100 time=1570709488 user_id=10591]
I ended up getting some oak cubes from - https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product ... hunks-500g

Just wondering if anyone has used those particular ones, and has advice re. how much to use and for roughly how long?

I have a stainless mesh to put the cubes in and just ordered a lid with a hook to attach it to.
[/quote]

Use the entire bag. Four weeks in secondary should be plenty. I used the rum cask chips in a Smoked Baltic Porter a while back and it was excellent.

[chris2012]

Cheers, thanks for the heads up!

Will do that!

[rpruen]

Another question on oak aging, I have an actual barrel that was given as a gift.

It is new, so I'm expecting to get a lot of oak flavour.

Firstly is there anything I should be doing to it before putting a 16% barley wine in there, to hang out for a bit? Besides the obvious making sure it is watertight first? How long roughly should I leave it before taking a sample.

Thanks

[WalesAles]

rpruen,
I reread this thread last night. Might be of interest to you.
Read it all, it is great!
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=46238


WA

Sent without the tap that torks.

[Jocky]

You might also want to read the Malt Miller blog, where the Beer Boars club made a stout and split the batch, aging one with chunks of bourbon barrel, one with Provoak pellets and one with an oak flavouring:

Brew day: https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/blog/ex ... ts-part-1/

Results: https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/blog/ex ... eing-pt-2/