Zak Griffin wrote:250g in 4.5L? :wtf: you mean 25g?
Have you ever tried less oak for more time? And is the oak from ROTB already toasted?
Truth to tell, I've never bothered weighing the oak, but looking in the current demijohn, I reckon on there being about 10 or 12 pieces like in the attached pic. Along with some smaller broken off pieces.
The unburnt piece is how it comes from ROTB.
I bang it on the gas BBQ, after burning any food crap off, and cook it until it's burning all over, then drop it into an old cake tin and put the lid on to extinguish it.
Then it's stored in an open cardboard box until I use it.
The spirit is as clean as I can make it just from hearts. Usually good to go after 3-4 weeks.
As for using less for longer, I guess I should give that a go, but I'm getting older!...... And 99%of the "final product" gets drowned in Aldi cola anyway.
As I've said elsewhere though, a JB drinking pal loves my stuff..... Even if that is because he gets it free.
Yes, I know, I'm a heathen.
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