Oak wood chips - small pieces of oak wood used for providing liquor with aroma and flavour. If you make wines, infusion liqueurs or distillates at home, you know very well that liquor stored in oak barrels gains a unique aroma and flavour. You can obtain similar effect in a quicker and less expensive way by using oak chips.
- For various types of liquor - oak wood chips can be added to wine, infusion liqueur, vodka or mead.
- Provide aroma and flavour - thanks to the wood chips, you liquor will gain an oak wood flavour and a vanilla and tannin aftertaste.
- Deep, dark amber colour of liquor - the heavily toasted chips will provide the liquor prepared with a beautiful, dark colour
- Natural origin - the chips are made from an American oak variety - Alba.
- Easy to use - it is enough to add the chips either directly to the fermentation process or to the finished liquor.
Oak wood chips are the best alternative to using oak wood barrels. Thanks to using them we provide liquor (wine, infusion liqueur, distillate) with both aroma and colour. It is a far simpler and less expensive method of liquor aging in comparison to traditional aging in barrels. Oak wood chips can be dosed either during fermentation or to a finished liquor.
Thanks to the addition of oak wood chips, the liquor prepared will very quickly gain discernible oak wood notes, the aroma of vanilla and a deep dark amber colour. Fruity aromas in wine and infusion liquor will be preserved. The oak wood chips presented will also be useful when preparing homemade cognac, bourbon and brandy.
The oak wood chips for liquor flavouring sold at our store originate from the best quality American oak variety - Alba.
Characteristics:
Raw material: American oak variety - Alba.
Type: heavily toasted
Aroma: vanilla
Dosage: 4-10 g/1 L
Net weight: 20 g
How to use:
Add the oak wood chips to the liquor of choice in a dose of 4-10 g per 1 L of alcohol for a period of 3-6 weeks. It is worth to choose the specific time of contact between the shavings and the liquor individually, on the basis of tasting.
Once you consider the degree of concentration of aroma in liquor appropriate, remove the wood chips from it and enjoy its flavour.
You can also pour 70% alcohol over the oak wood chips and leave them for a few days of extraction. Then you can dose the resulting essence to the liquor of choice according to your preferences.
Net weight: 20 g
Packaging dimensions:
- container Ø - 4.6 cm
- height - 6.7 cm
