Re: Essencia Bourbon Chunks - Oaking techniques
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:43 pm
Quick question, After i have soaked 3 litres of spirit with 200 grams of staves for 4 weeks, do i throw the staves away or can you re use them, Cheers.
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Plumby wrote:You can reuse them man, next time you use them it will take a bit longer to colour and flavour is all.
akkanomore wrote:Sorry for being ignorant but if I oak at 60 percent do I then water down to 40 and filter? I have 5 litres of neutral atm and thinking of putting some 94 percent in and getting higher ABV and trying oak chips.
Bumper wrote:Just sampled my 2L 40% soak on
60g essencia chunks
10g of willards oak barrel soakers
1 cap of edwards scub turkey
5g cherry wood chips I charred to a 4 equivalent
1 cap of port.
5g glycerine
I have been swirling and then airing for 30 minutes every day.
After 9 days, this is tasting fantastic. Really drinkable, and great complexity achieved by using multiple ingredients. I will up the cherry to 10g next time. Until I am grain distilling, this will keep me happy. Going to let it sit for another few days then bottle half and put the other half away for a while.