lewandowski46
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I am thinking ahead to some barrel aged beers/ciders/meads that are on my To Brew list and am looking at some oaking options. I almost purchased oak cubes/spirals from my LHBS but the price made me second guess. Spending 5-10 bucks for an ounce or two of cubes or spirals seemed steep for what it is your buying.
I started to research some options and wanted to get some input from the community on it.
We have a variant of white oak in Arizona, Quercus arizonica, but I can't find anywhere online where somebody experimented with this species of wood. I have about 1/4 cord of this stuff on the side of my house that we use for fire pits and camping fires, and wanted to know if it's a suitable substitute. I would condition then char or toast my own to use and can cut to size the pieces as needed.
Another option I was looking at was buying staves or chunked up staves from bourbon barrels or they have plain white oak chunks as well. This seems like a better use of money over oak cubes and they can be cut to size as needed. Anybody have luck with using something similar?
Any input appreciated.
I started to research some options and wanted to get some input from the community on it.
We have a variant of white oak in Arizona, Quercus arizonica, but I can't find anywhere online where somebody experimented with this species of wood. I have about 1/4 cord of this stuff on the side of my house that we use for fire pits and camping fires, and wanted to know if it's a suitable substitute. I would condition then char or toast my own to use and can cut to size the pieces as needed.
Another option I was looking at was buying staves or chunked up staves from bourbon barrels or they have plain white oak chunks as well. This seems like a better use of money over oak cubes and they can be cut to size as needed. Anybody have luck with using something similar?
Any input appreciated.
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