• My First

  – The Mighty Oak

  Posted by Glow on December 30, 2011 at 11:30 am

  Has anyone tried using Tasmanian Oak for aging?
  I am trying to get some 50l oak barrels from a winery whose rels are friends of mine but in the mean time was wondering about Tassie Oak as I have a heap of it left over from making my steps.

  Glow replied 12 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  R-sole

  Member

  December 30, 2011 at 12:08 pm

  Do your research very well as a lot of woods can be poisoinous or give harsh bitter resins to your product.

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  not alan jones

  Member

  December 30, 2011 at 12:40 pm

  They are 2 completely different woods…

  Tasmanian oak genus = eucalypt

  American oak genus = quercus

  ‘Common names’ can be very misleading.

  I’m not saying you can’t, just that I wouldn’t without testing it on someone else first :confusion-shrug:

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  Glow

  Member

  January 1, 2012 at 4:13 am

  Thanks guys,
  I should have looked that up, just didn’t think.
  Oak being called Oak and all.
  Now I feel retarded.
  Just did my first whiskey run, on a 25lt wash I only got about 3lts, is this normal?

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  Classified

  Member

  January 10, 2012 at 3:36 am

  3 ltrs, at what percent alcohol. I usually only collect 3.5ish liters at 80-85 percent before i dont like the taste and turn the still off (yeah i know its a waste but meh just throw another wash in).

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  Glow

  Member

  February 3, 2012 at 12:29 pm

  I am getting about 88% ABV and when it slows to a drop a second I turn it off, mind you it takes about 3 weeks for the whisky to finish fermenting vs 5 days for the rum and 7 days for the vodka.
  Just would like to know what is normal.

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