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French Oak Chips | Heavy Toast

French Oak Chips | Heavy Toast

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Oak Chips are a fast and economical way to add oak barrel flavor to any beer. 

Oak Chips are made from seasoned American and French Oak staves which are chipped down and convection-toasted to create flavors similar to what a comparably toasted barrel would impart. The available toast levels are Medium, Medium +, and Heavy.

It's important to understand that each toasting level creates different flavors in the oak; not a greater intensity of impact in your beer. Don't think of them as weak, normal & strong; they're each a different flavor profile.

Heavy Toast French Oak chips will impart strong flavors of Clove, Spice, Smoke & Butterscotch; along with a small amount of Vanilla & Coconut flavor.

Because of the high surface area, oak chips can extract quickly and care should be taken not to overdo it. Taste your beer frequently after the first week of contact and be ready to rack off the oak chips.

Suggested Dosage is 1-2 oz per 5 gallons. 

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works well when added to must at fermentation
Donald L. Z on Sep 27, 2022
Want to smoke cocktails
Kevin B on Sep 6, 2022
works well when added to must at fermentation
Donald L. Z on Sep 27, 2022
wine making
Kenneth J M on Sep 11, 2022
Want to smoke cocktails
Kevin B on Sep 6, 2022
Winemaker
David W on Apr 20, 2022
Using it for cocktail experiments
Terrance D on Feb 25, 2022
For a bench trial
Marc S on Feb 17, 2022
available shipping
Joel K on Dec 30, 2021
To give the wine the barrel age taste.
Anthony C on Sep 7, 2021
Wine making
Raymond B on Apr 27, 2021
My Favorite, Smooth and Dark
Nicholas T on Dec 28, 2020
It was called for in my recipe.
Scott K on Nov 17, 2020
smoke taint removal
David C A on Sep 29, 2020
Flavor profile
William S on Jun 17, 2020
Ingredient for part of cocktail recipe from Canon, well known Seattle cocktail bar.
Valued C on Jun 4, 2020
Customizing a wine kit.
Susan I on May 16, 2020
Experimenting making hard apple cider
Robert B on May 6, 2020
Good price
Lora J on Jan 14, 2020
Cheaper than a barrel
Timothy P on Dec 16, 2019
works well, good vanilla notes
jay c on Nov 9, 2019
Just a touch for a saison
Ethan C on Oct 24, 2019
Great for cabernet
Roger H on Dec 14, 2018
curious
Lee R on Nov 27, 2018
Kentucky breakfast stout recipe
Alexander P on Oct 3, 2018
Good price
IntertradeBKK I on Jan 12, 2018
wine making
Kenneth J M on Sep 11, 2022
Winemaker
David W on Apr 20, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5
Good product but mistake in packaging
The chips were good. I use them in my fermenter to help drive off some of the "green" flavors in the must when fermenting. I was disappointed with the package however. Most of the time Morewine is excellent but this time I was disappointed to find that my package of chips that was supposed to contain 454-grams of chips only contained 442-grams. If I hadn't had to split the package between two fermenters I probably wouldn't have noticed. Batch #56999
October 2, 2022
Purchased
over 2 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
great buy
Chips are exactly as described and expected, great packaging
May 3, 2022
Purchased
over 2 years ago
Rated 4 out of 5
Great stuff. I use French Heavy Toast.
Good product, give great complexity to my homemade grape wine. I ferment grapes on skins and use the oak in fermentation stage.
Then after 40 day racking I add oak at a rate of 6 oz for every 10 gals. This year I made 40 gals of Zinfandel,Syrah,Barbera blend back in Sept. Wine will now sit on oak which I put into straining bags for easy removal for approx 60 days until next racking.
I taste every 2 weeks and May remove earlier if desired oak flavor is achieved.
November 7, 2021
Purchased
over 3 years ago