Add authentic barrel-aged complexity, smooth vanilla undertones, and warm toasted aromas to your craft creations with American Screened Oak Chips - Medium Toast (1 lb). Sourced from white oak and toasted through a controlled heating process, these medium-toast chips impart rounded notes of caramel, toasted coconut, and sweet spice without overpowering your beverage. The screened grading ensures uniform chip sizing with minimal fine dust, promoting a clean, predictable extraction rate during primary or secondary fermentation.
Features & Benefits
- Authentic Medium Toast Flavor: Imparts smooth vanilla, delicate coconut, and rich caramel notes that enhance beer, wine, cider, mead, and spirits.
- Screened for Uniform Extraction: Carefully graded to remove excess fines and sawdust, ensuring a clean soak and consistent wood character across every batch.
- Rapid Barrel-Alternative Aging: Delivers rich oak complexity in just 1 to 3 weeks, significantly reducing aging time compared to traditional barrels.
- Broad Craft Versatility: Perfectly suited for aging stouts, porters, red wines, bourbon-style ciders, and craft distilled spirits.
- Economical 1 lb Pack: Provides ample volume to treat multiple homebrew carboys or full commercial cellar batches.
Product Specifications
- Capacity / Volume: 1 lb (16 oz / 454 g)
- Pack Quantity: 1 Pack
- Color / Finish: Medium Toasted Natural Wood
- Material: 100% American White Oak (Quercus alba)
- Toast Level: Medium Toast
- Recommended Contact Time: 1 to 3 Weeks (sample periodically to taste)
- Safety & Compliance: 100% Natural, Chemical-Free, Food-Grade Safe
- Care Instructions: Boil in water for 10-15 minutes or soak in spirits prior to adding to primary or secondary fermenter
