quetion? Oak chips

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matthew5664

quetion? Oak chips

Post by matthew5664 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:34 pm

Question for all the exp.brewers among these pages?


Could I put oak chips inthe FV to gve tast of a ak aged AG brew?
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:09 pm

Indeed you could. French oak medium-toast is very nice, lots of the subtle vanilla/oak flavour. Boil them in some water then leave them for 15 minutes to sanitise, then pour the whole lot into the FV. A week or so should be enough but use your own taste.
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