Firstly, I got an old barrel stave last week and an hour ago, attacked it with a saw and plane. All the dirt came off nicely, ending up with good, clean oak.
I've split and cut it into small "staves" that average about 6 or 7 mm square and about 10 cm long. It's currently in the oven toasting, but I'm not aiming at charing it too dark (if it starts to smoke, I'll take it out too cool off).
Is there some sort of ratio that I might use to work out how much to add per gallon ? As I've now got a nice sediment layer to rack off from my GF 2012 pyments (and the can of frozen Shiraz that Brian sent down), so I'm aiming at racking it off the lees sometime in the next week or so and was wondering about how much oak to use.
I'm not sure if I want it all as "oakey" as Sharpie seems to recommend (half a bleedin' tree ), but some guidance would be handy.
Secondly, I upgraded my phone yesterday, and without much swearing, have managed to work out most of the facilities I'm likely to use. I seem to recall a mobile app that I can use to post through, but after having actually put my hand in my pocket for "tapatalk", I can't find WaH under their listings, so was I just dreaming or is there a mobile app that we can post through ?
I've split and cut it into small "staves" that average about 6 or 7 mm square and about 10 cm long. It's currently in the oven toasting, but I'm not aiming at charing it too dark (if it starts to smoke, I'll take it out too cool off).
Is there some sort of ratio that I might use to work out how much to add per gallon ? As I've now got a nice sediment layer to rack off from my GF 2012 pyments (and the can of frozen Shiraz that Brian sent down), so I'm aiming at racking it off the lees sometime in the next week or so and was wondering about how much oak to use.
I'm not sure if I want it all as "oakey" as Sharpie seems to recommend (half a bleedin' tree ), but some guidance would be handy.
Secondly, I upgraded my phone yesterday, and without much swearing, have managed to work out most of the facilities I'm likely to use. I seem to recall a mobile app that I can use to post through, but after having actually put my hand in my pocket for "tapatalk", I can't find WaH under their listings, so was I just dreaming or is there a mobile app that we can post through ?
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