where to buy oak aus

[Drewdk]

Hey guys does anyone know where to buy white oak in aus particulary in south aus. I have used french oak and other store bought chips and the are nice but having read a few posts here white oak sounds like a nicer finish and not to mention cheaper. Thanks in advance.

[maheel]

any local cooperage should be able to help you out

must be some there in SA with all that wine in the hills

a local one here in Brisbane sells offcuts from there barrel making for $20 a 5Kg box.

some have suggested that American oak is now a popular flooring timber here in OZ
maybe talk to a few timber suppliers

Also i have sent you a PM about a supplier

[Rod]

I use Jack Daniels wood chips for smoking

BCF and BBQ galore

[Bundydog51]

Ha bloke, there is a cooper in ballarat , I'm pretty sure he is still there I got some there a couple of years ago

[thecroweater]

Ha bloke, there is a cooper in ballarat , I'm pretty sure he is still there I got some there a couple of years ago

Interesting news I live not to far from Ballarat
@ Drewdk +1 on the flooring otherwise you can get cheap used barrels on ebay from time to time that could be knocked apart for the oak EDIT I should add that there are at least 4 larger cooperages int he Barossa Valley Heinrich's is the name of one , I think one is called SA cooperage, at least 2 more are on the tip of my tongue, not to mention the fact that most of the larger SA wineries do/use to have a cooper permanently employed so I would think you could get off cuts from any of these sources

[darthjean]

Hi I get all my oaks and different soakers from aussiebrewer.com, I have found them to be good with price and postage, they are local to the cairns area

Thanks Jean