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Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-30T18:36:27+00:00

My thought too. He does like JD honey !!

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:36 pm

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-30T10:51:05+00:00

a good result then Mashy....
(mind you, iffen your whiskey buff mate maybe could have tried some heavycharred, longterm spirit.....)

Statistics: Posted by Frank — Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:51 am

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-28T16:45:12+00:00

I used 80 g American White oak dominoes
60 g French oak domino's(medium toast)
some honey, some vanilla crystal malt & black pepper.
Didn't come out too bad at all. just needed a bit of filtering.
I have a mate who is a bit of a whiskey buff and his opinion was quite drinkable sippin' whiskey - does not need Coke !! Is probably a little too sweet.

result then

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:45 pm

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-28T16:43:18+00:00

I bought a used toaster oven so I could keep this out of door and keep myself indoors and un-yelled-at.

Statistics: Posted by chill — Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:43 pm

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-28T16:39:52+00:00

Frank wrote:
... and, in case you're wondering, heavy char

I no no no - I know all about heavy char and the bonfire smell that pervades the house.... for weeks.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:39 pm

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-27T10:06:18+00:00

Mashy wrote:
Sometimes oak is referred by weight. That has problems as the surface area is important too.

How did you toast it?

in aluminium foil, in the oven, for long enough to get Mrs F complaining about the smell in the kitchen (aka medium toast)
and, in case you're wondering, heavy char = putting a stick on the centre ring of my LPG 'banjo' and rotating, each facet, once on fire

Statistics: Posted by Frank — Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:06 am

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-27T06:40:39+00:00

Sometimes oak is referred by weight. That has problems as the surface area is important too.

How did you toast it?

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:40 am

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-26T23:29:35+00:00

Mashy wrote:
That sounds good.
What is or what size is "one stick" ?

Obviously this is variable depending on the source of the oak mate, however in my case I've used ex-barrel staves, cut linearly and longitudinally with a bench saw so.....
they are about 1cm square by 10-12cm long.
This thickness provides necessary depth when doing a heavycharring whilst still allowing entry into a demijohn mouth.

Statistics: Posted by Frank — Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:29 pm

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-26T11:21:16+00:00

That sounds good.

What is or what size is "one stick" ?

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:21 am

Re: Which Oak?

2015-08-26T10:34:23+00:00

righto, moving on
I have recently got a 'sweetspot' on colour/flavour/smell going with 1:1 (i.e. 50:50)combo of American oak heavy/alligator charred + French oak medium toasted, one stick of each in 5l @ 64%ABV for at least 4 months....there is a trueish and most inteersting AG Scotch in here, somewheres, methinks.....

(I expect further writeup may appear in FSW thread 'sometime')

Statistics: Posted by Frank — Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:34 am

Re: Which Oak?

2015-04-13T12:35:18+00:00

blimey, Frank, word for word the question I wanted to pose.

I have French Oaks Domino's & American. and an urge to make whiskie.

Is there a grams per litre ? In wine I tend to use about 6-8g per liter - does that sound about right.

Also, medium toast or charcoal coated?

..... And all this because somebody mentioned cheap Irish malt

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:35 pm

Re: Which Oak?

2015-04-13T10:39:34+00:00

(BTW, Australian Whisky is spelt as such too and is truly getting good IMHO)
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Which oak, indeed...........
I wonder if there's any recent experience/modern comments/thread link helps for someone ( ) wondering about bedding down a 'Scotch' with American (various burnt) vs French (ditto) oakstick soaking @ typical ABV strength (65% for starters) and the comparative results....
Yep, its the 'bingo' soak duration/oaktype/result thats what I want to gather here (please)
BTW: I expect this post will sound rude, which is NOT/never intended.

Statistics: Posted by Frank — Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:39 am

Re: Which Oak?

2015-02-08T19:46:14+00:00

I know you got it Ice, it was Toper I was ribbing 'cause I know he got it too but his post after my 'pun' looked funny anyway I was in a funny mood this morning having been up all night because of a chest infection Have to get some sleep tonight but the antibiotics haven't made any difference yet

AM

Statistics: Posted by Almanac — Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:46 pm

Re: Which Oak?

2015-02-08T08:03:30+00:00

I did get it AM..hence the two laughing smillies.

Statistics: Posted by Icefever — Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:03 am

Re: Which Oak?

2015-02-08T07:49:07+00:00

aidanmac wrote:
The "e" is generally only used in Irish Whiskey and Bourbon Whiskey. Scotch Whisky doesn't contain any E's - pun intended

AM

It was, rather obviously, a joke, as in , there's no "E" in Whisky. It's sad having to explain a joke

AM

Statistics: Posted by Almanac — Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:49 am