Texas Live Oak Question

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wilded
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Texas Live Oak Question

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I have not found any information about live oak in my reading here. I have a ton of Texas Live Oak splits from trees that died in the drought. Would this be suitable to use in aging? thanks from a newbie for your opinion.
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BoisBlancBoy
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I looked it up and found that some do make barrels out of it to use for aging. I didn't find a whole lot on it but I would say give it a shot. Worst case is you redistill it if you don't like it.
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No answer but watching with interest.
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rockchucker22 wrote:We also have a few live oaks here in CA and as far as I know those who have tried it for aging say it works well.
Have you tried the valley oak we have around here, rockchucker? I've found it's great for oaking.

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