Oak Aging Chart

[Bushman]

Doing research today I found this chart that is a little different than some of the others I have seen as it separates the different flavors not only by toast/char but also the type of white oak. If it is posted elsewhere sorry I missed it but thought it interesting.

[bitter]

Thanks interesting the difference in different oak.

B

[Bushman]

Thanks interesting the difference in different oak.

B

That is why I posted it as I have never seen this particular breakdown before.

[Saltbush Bill]

"Hungarian and Eastern European Oak is the same type of oak tree as French Oak (Quercus robur)."

[der wo]

Bushman,
where did you find this chart?

[Bushman]

Bushman,
where did you find this chart?

I'll see if I can go back and find the article. It was either in one of two newsletters that I receive online. ADI newsletter or Distillery Trail newsletter.

[Pikey]

Oh dear, where does that leave us then ? In the uk we have many varieties of oak - quercus robur

Edit: being two of them. I see no reason why the French and other European species should be different, and of course there are many cross breeds between the varieties.

Without being a tree specialist, I'm very unsure I / we could differentiate between them.

[der wo]

"Hungarian and Eastern European Oak is the same type of oak tree as French Oak (Quercus robur)."

and "More and more Eastern European Oak barrels are being used at wineries for oaking wine. The popular choice for Eastern European Oak is because it’s remarkably similar to French Oak, but costs much less."
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On the other hand when I google "hungarian oak" it says quercus frainetto, not quercus robur...
But when I look at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Quer ... _range.svg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
There is no hungarian oak growing naturally in Hungary. Only a few places "Introduced and naturalized (synanthropic)".
Here the range of quercus robur:
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Quercus robur all over Hungary...

Odin sells Hungarian barrels I think. Perhaps he will enlighten us.

[Bushman]

Obviously that chart is very simple and if there are varieties of types of oak, climate change, soil differences all of these I think would have an effect on the outcome of the wood. Most of the discussions in the past have dealt with density differences in the wood.

[Saltbush Bill]

climate change, soil differences all of these I think would have an effect on the outcome of the wood.

Pretty sure your right there Bushman, Geographic changes, Climatic, and soil type as well as wood density / growth rate would be the main differences.