Oak Chips for Whiskey and More

Charred oak chips made from French Oak are said produce a more chocolatey and robust flavor than American White Oak. 1 lb bags bagged right in our shop.  This charred French Oak oak works well for aging spirits like whisky, rum, tequila, or brandy.

Other methods for oak aging spirits are;

Oak Spirals

Barrels

Instructions;

Let these chips soak in your distillate and test every week until you get to where you want to be. In other words flavor to taste. Easily add a hand full or one cup of oak chips to one quart of spirit. Adjust quantity up or down to fit your flavor to taste. These chips will give spirit flavor, color and will also help with making the end product smooth. An inexpensive and straight-forward way to oak age your spirit.

Creative ideas using oak chips;

Soak oak ships in wine for 6 months then add to a whisky for a unique flavor profile.  This would be similar to aging a scotch in a used wine barrel.

Use oak chips that were aging whiskey to age a rum

Use oak chips that were aging rum for example in a beer for to get the barrel aged rum  or a barrel aged whisky flavor in the beer.

1 lb bag