French Oak Aged UJSSM??? Anyone Try It???

[Beerswimmer]

I have a guy I work with whos dad works at a winery. He sent me a huge box of French oak and I was thinking of adding it to some 4th gen UJSSM and see what happens. Anyone try this before? I love French oak for aging my rum, it tastes superior to any other wood I've tried. Just doing some more experimenting!

[LWTCS]

Made my mouth water to read that.

True story.

[kiwistiller]

I use french oak. it's good. hard to get american oak over here.

[olddog]

It's the reverse where I am, I have American oak, I would love to try French oak to see the difference.

[rednose]

Same for me, no american but french oak available.

I use french oak. it's good. hard to get american oak over here.

[evilpsych]

stick are better than chips, but they sell toasted french oak at a lot of brewshops.. here's some pics..







as you can see, the color comes on quite quickly.. these photos were taken over the course of an hour..

[LWTCS]

Made me too thirsty to see them jars.

Do you recall what ABV you were working with?

[Dnderhead]

you after liqueur or flavored wood?

[evilpsych]

Made me too thirsty to see them jars.

Do you recall what ABV you were working with?

yeah. that was at 62.5% (125 proof) That experiment was on how much chips per quart.. as you can see.. color was pretty much identical. I followed a distress aging process afterward with an 80deg F swing for about. 12 cycles with a 4 day hold between changes. Made a very drinkable (by my standards) spirit. Of course. I can put away a liter of bulleit without trying too hard.

[blanikdog]

I wondered about all that wood too, dunder. Some - most of actually - my early ageing was done like that. Now I use two or three (three max) small sticks and leave it longer. Much better result and doesn't taste like a dead camp fire.

blanik

[olddog]

Now I use two or three (three max) small sticks and leave it longer. Much better result and doesn't taste like a dead camp fire.

Yup I have been down that road too, two small sticks for at least two months now.