tasmanian oak...

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hiya guys... well i got given a wee piece of tassie oak...

its 550mm long.. 250mm wide and 50mm thick...

has anyone used this stuff for rum??

is it even oak? i got it from a timber yard and the bloke seemed to know what he was about. is there a way to tell??

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[stilltryin]

hey mate, they might call it oak, but its just a type of gum :handgestures-thumbdown:

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bugger..... oh well...


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[stilltryin]

we do have a shit load of the english oak trees growing down here, i`ve been keeping my eyes open for when people are trimming them or cutting them down, i thought it might be worth while snagging a heap of it and keeping it until it dries out...it might be worth a go anyway.

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hmmm... is there any way to tell the difference between english and tassie oaks? does the tassie one smell eycaliptsey?

[1 2many]

Na it's no good mate there is some info here but can't find it. :angry-banghead:

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Na it's no good mate there is some info here but can't find it. :angry-banghead:

bugger, thought it was too good to be true!!

[royboy73]

Already chased that one redux Then thought i was on a winner with sheoak/bull oak but same story.American white rare as rocking horse shit out here.On a plus got sum dry cherry for u to try

[Stoney]

Been curious about this myself.
Tassie oak is used in barrels and is often used for aging wines.
It is also used to make smoking chips. to quote a company making them ..

Many of our woods are sourced from Australian suppliers where possible. We also import product from the USA.

The range includes CHIPS, CHUNKS, DUST, FINES & WOOD PELLETS in Hickory, Mesquite, Apple, Pecan, Alder, Cherry, Alder, Mallee, Oak, Mountain Ash, Tasmanian Oak, Peach, Jam, Olive, Oak Wine Barrel, Bourbon Oak Barrel, Sheoak and even Beefwood.

I have done a bit of machining work with tassie oak and have never noticed any sort of gum hint from it, I doubt its toxic particularly if used for smoking chips but theres a lot of whiskey makers in tassie and they all use 'real' oak so I guess they would know.

It seems the word eucalyptus scares people the most yet its character is used in wines.

https://www.awri.com.au/wp-content/uplo ... Report.pdf

all I can find for spirits is this text in portuguese for storage of cane spirit in 'different types of eucalyptus'

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S01 ... i_abstract

interesting bit is ..

The composition of the sugar cane spirit stored in these kind of wood showed pattern according to the Brazilian law, indicating their potential use as barrels for the storage of sugar cane spirit