These oak spirals are a fantastic alternative to adding oak chips to wine and beer! Just add one or two spirals directly into your beverage for six weeks and you can achieve the oak flavor you want with your neutral barrel or tank. The unique coiled shape accelerates the extraction time and the medium toast level gives off a warm, sweet character with strong vanilla overtones. Wine makers and homebrewers will surely be pleasantly surprised by the results. In stock and ready to ship. Features: Makes it easy to attain authentic oak flavor with a neutral barrel or tank. Made from American Oak with tight grain sourced from slow growing Minnesota forests. Wood is void of sapwood, bark and knots and air dried for 24 months. Unique spiral shape achieves maximum accelerated extraction time. Medium toast. Less tannins and more bouquet imparts more aroma than flavor. Oak flavor is fully extracted in 6 weeks (simply withdraw sooner for a milder taste). Place directly into the beverage you’re brewing. Flavors a total of 6 gal. (3 gal. per spiral). 2 sticks fit perfectly into a 6 gal. carboy and gives the equivalent of 8 months in a new oak barrel. Specs: Dimensions: 1″W x 8″L. Recommended Usage: 1-2 sticks per 6 gal. of beverage. Includes: (2) Infusion Spirals.
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French Oak Infusion Spiral for Beer and Wine Making
October 2, 2011
Beer and wine making just got easier! Some people choose to use oak chips for wine flavoring but these uniquely shaped wooden sticks allow for an accelerated extraction time. Made of ultra premium oak, they’ve even beat out new French barrels in several blind taste tests. Just place one or two sticks directly into your beverage for six weeks and you’ll be amazed by the results! In stock and ready to ship. Features: Makes it easy to attain authentic oak flavor with a neutral barrel or tank. Made from ultra premium French Oak sourced from select Allier forest. Wood is void of sapwood, bark and knots and air dried for 24 months. Unique spiral shape achieves maximum accelerated extraction time. Medium toast. Less tannins and more bouquet imparts more aroma than flavor. Oak flavor is fully extracted in 6 weeks (simply withdraw sooner for a milder taste). Placed directly into the beverage you’re brewing. Flavors a total of 6 gal. (3 gal. per spiral). 2 sticks fit perfectly into a 6 gal. carboy and gives the equivalent of 8 months in a new oak barrel. Specs: Dimensions: 1″W x 8″L. Recommended Usage: 1-2 sticks per 6 gal. of beverage. Includes: (2) Infusion Spirals.
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