mixing oaks

[MacStill]

I have two lots of oak on there way to me some american and french oak staves

Im going to be running my rum off and was goin to put some different oak combos down 1of each oak and a mix of the 2 should all the peices of oak be toasted/charred the same or do people mix up inbetween charred and lightly toasted to get a full range of flavours

[Urrazeb]

I've mixed it up before, can't say I could really tell the difference though

[benpandaae86]

From what ive read the french oak is better but has to left ova long time

so i was thinkin both oaks for a month or so then remove the american oak and leave the french in

[Zak Griffin]

Neither oak is 'better'... They are both suited to different spirits and will bring different flavours.

[dogbreath vodka]

From what ive read the french oak is better but has to left ova long time

so i was thinkin both oaks for a month or so then remove the american oak and leave the french in

A month isn't going to give you a lot of anything.
Unless you are using heaps and then you aren't going to get the best from either.

American oak a year or longer
French oak two years or longer.

Less oak is better rather than being in a hurry as you don't get good spirit out of it.

The sugar head I put down in Oct 2013 tastes fantastic. (with American oak)
The sugar head I put down in Dec 2014 tastes terrible. (with French oak)

Time is your friend.
Let the oak do it's job and you will get great results.

DBV