Toasting Oak

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I have just been sent some oak staves that have been previously used to age some form of red wine (can see the red stain on the inside of the staves).

I am going to do some trials with ageing some UJSSM on differently treated oak.

My plan is to toast some oak strips 2.5cm x 4cm x 8cm at 200c for about 2hr then split it in two so it will fit in my demijohn.

I will also try covering another same sized piece in 90% booze and set it alight to toast it and split that as well.

I will try ageing with these two and compare the differences. Does this sound reasonable? also do I need to scrape off the red wine stained wood?

Thanks