Wood chips for aging, using BBQ smoke chips?

by **HangOver** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:35 pm

Again on another site I read about people using the BBQ smoke chips like JD etc for flavouring spirit. No great comments for or against really, anyone here tried it?

by **Jimmy** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:45 pm

Yup - the JD ones work great, as do the ones made from wine barrels. Basically as I mentioned somewhere else, you want the chips made from barrels and NOT just standard BBQ chips because those are not made from the right kind of wood (white oak basically).

by **quietman** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:16 pm

I've used these and in my opinion they make a very big difference

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by **Jimmy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:07 am

Out of interest, how much are they? The JD ones I use are about a tenner for 1kg :
http://www.bbq-smoker.co.uk/smoker/3598 ... ps-1Kg.php
I will have to try a comparison and see how they differ!

by **quietman** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:37 am

Â£3.49 for 100g
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by **HangOver** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:41 am

so you just throw them in the spirit and leave for X number of days?

Anything else essence or anything or just the wood?