getting wood

adebrew · Post by **adebrew** » Monday Jul 02, 2007 6:40 pm

Hi
If I was to add wood chips (oak etc) to wort would boiling them first sanitise them enough? And would it be best to strain them out b4 adding to fermenter? And would they be ok to use again? anyone tried this??

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Monday Jul 02, 2007 6:53 pm

in reply to all:

yes
no
no
yes

Hope that helps

heathen · Post by **heathen** » Tuesday Jul 03, 2007 10:22 am

hello, ive used oak chip twice, not a huge fan, i put them in a stocking, added one lot in primary and in the secondary for my second attempt, both were porters, i have never tried it with a pale or lager. imo it makes the beer dry something i wasnt after in a porter. but it is a nice flavour. just not a quaffer more a sit by the fire with a longie of it and chat type of beer, if i did it in future i would use more hops and make it an all malt. as it wasnt a subtle effect. good luck!, heathen

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Tuesday Jul 03, 2007 10:45 am

If you are looking for an introduction an option is the TCB Oak Ale wetpack. See the thread here.

Cheers,
Greg

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Tuesday Jul 03, 2007 6:40 pm

what sort of amounts would you add to a brew? eg. a 23L?

DarkFaerytale · Post by **DarkFaerytale** » Wednesday Jul 04, 2007 7:25 am

haha i thought this was another spam thread till i sore there were 4 reply's

-Phill

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Wednesday Jul 04, 2007 2:55 pm

KEG wrote:what sort of amounts would you add to a brew? eg. a 23L?

The wetpak that greg speaks of comes with a little bag full which would (guessing)be about 100gm or so