French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

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French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

Postby cb_j » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:55 pm

G'day.
I'm after some wood.
As per subject.
Not a fan of chips but I'll wait and see what's around.

eBay was showing up 1kg of dominoes for around $55.
Is that the going rate?
I haven't bought wood in a very long time...
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Re: French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

Postby bluc » Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:06 pm

Think 5 star are about $20kg
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Re: French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

Postby Doubleuj » Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:11 pm

http://www.5stardistilling.net/american-oak-dominoes-1kg/
Ignore the "out of stock" message, Give Allen or Sue a call or email.
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Re: French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

Postby cb_j » Thu May 04, 2017 11:12 pm

Awesome!
Thanks very much!
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Re: French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

Postby scythe » Fri May 05, 2017 6:34 am

Also cubes are not a great idea, by design they are 33% end grain.
End grain releases tannins more redily than side grain which is undesirable.

Dominoes are fundamentally better.
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Re: French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

Postby Fishleg » Fri May 05, 2017 7:54 pm

A few weeks ago I went to a local winery and asked about old wine barrel staves.
The bloke sold them to me for a couple of bucks each for whole staves.
Bit of a hit on the linishing machine and toast or char for purpose, good to go.

$50 for about 30kg of wood, much better than the local hbs selling 1 kg of French oak chips for $30
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Re: French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

Postby Bumper » Sat May 06, 2017 1:08 pm

Fishleg wrote:A few weeks ago I went to a local winery and asked about old wine barrel staves.
The bloke sold them to me for a couple of bucks each for whole staves.
Bit of a hit on the linishing machine and toast or char for purpose, good to go.

$50 for about 30kg of wood, much better than the local hbs selling 1 kg of French oak chips for $30


Nice pick up. That local hbs tends to put a premium on everything if it is the one I am thinking of... ;-)
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Re: French Oak Staves, Cubes, Dominoes

Postby Fishleg » Sat May 06, 2017 6:55 pm

Bumper wrote:
Fishleg wrote:A few weeks ago I went to a local winery and asked about old wine barrel staves.
The bloke sold them to me for a couple of bucks each for whole staves.
Bit of a hit on the linishing machine and toast or char for purpose, good to go.

$50 for about 30kg of wood, much better than the local hbs selling 1 kg of French oak chips for $30


Nice pick up. That local hbs tends to put a premium on everything if it is the one I am thinking of... ;-)


Not wrong!!

Miserable bastards!!
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