wafflesbr0wn
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Do you put your wood chips,tea bag or whatever u want to flavor your beer with, in during the brew period or after sometime it is done. Or, in the fermenter?
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Add some Hennessy soaked chips to a cream ale, just to try it out and see how it turns out
You'll want to add wood chips after fermentation is complete. I don't usually secondary but if you're going to age this for a while on the chips it would probably be a good idea. I think most beers aged with wood are left alone for at least a good 6 months.
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Just made a dragons milk clone. Called to soak oak chips in bourbon and put it into a secondary for one week. Be careful with wood chips. 1 oz is enough for 5 gallons if you want more add it after tasting. If you add to much u will have to age for a long time to get the wood tones to mellow out.
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Do not leave those chips in there for very long. Chips impart their character very quickly and you'll be left with a beer that tastes like wood (especially if you started with a low flavor beer like a cream ale). If you want to age for a while, you should use cubes.
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