Using Oak Chips to Age homebrew

This a short video on the use of oak chips in ageing home brew.

Although simple in purpose it is an good example of a versatile product that can be used in a variety of ways. Directly, indirectly or recycled.

Wood chips and specifically oak chips are a means of getting passing results quickly. It is cheap, efficient and quick by comparison to ageing in a barrel.

[plywoodcarjohnson]

Great upload thx! I brought some cubes. Never thought of turning them into smaller pieces.

[mosnet]

I recently tried finishing a sample of Larceny small batch with toasted oak chips but didn't soak them in water. Now after a week I can see the whiskey is now very dark. Which I attribute to not soaking off the char before adding them to the batch. Should I expect my result to be overly char tasting and probably eliminate all tasting notes I had incorporated?

[brocknspectre]

Have you ever tried cherry wood chips? I’m new to brewing, but old to woodworking and I have plenty of delicious smelling cherry wood. Maybe worth an experiment?

[ntokozoqwabe]

Good day, how do I clear the cloudiness from my moonshine after adding oak chips or how can u prevent that

[no-sway]

Great explanation. Do you really see a difference after resting it after removing the chips? And what timeframe?
Also, I'm a big fan of essences. Do you have a good source for bourbon essences?

[mariosoriano]

Is your wine distilled or fermented only?

[EllisJonesDeath]

I recently saw a guide to use a grain based vodka. Add in a whiskey flavour Essence bottle and put in a 1L oak barrel for a week. Could I get the same result putting the essence and grain based vodka into a fermenting bucket and adding in a few oak chips ?

[travishoover]

Will this work in aging of hot sauces?

[michaeljames]

Oak beer barrels are sprayed on the inside with bees wax and paraffin. Otherwise, the beer would leak through the staves because it's under pressure. Also, an oak barrel is coated with wax to keep the beer from touching oak due to the tannin in oak negatively impacting the beer. The place at which the beer can possibly touch oak is on the plugs if they're driven in too far. Beechwood is used for aging beer, not oak. Oak barrels are for storage and they're coated with wax. The story about IPA stored in leaking oak barrels on the way to India is pretty much marketing BS. The story is used to lead brewers to believe that IPA was high hopped and high in alcohol to survive the trip. The story is used to sell hops and to buy oak to soak a couple of gallons of beer in and to use more oak than beer touches in barrels. Wine is an entirely different story. The barrels aren't sprayed with wax.

[girishbhandarkar]

You have not addressed the Q of how to use the chips!

[n.s.krishnakumar]

Can you tell us most important thing: how much chips ( quantity) we should be adding to 20 ltrs wine ? And for how many weeks we should keep it, for oaking for 3 months, how years is equal to this, tell us this important thing, than blabbing in irritating voice something useless things