{"product_id":"bourbon-barrel-oak-chips-100g","title":"Bourbon Barrel Oak Chips - 100g","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdding Bourbon Barrel Oak Chips will give your amazing flavours of bourbon, oak and vanilla. Made from genuine American bourbon barrels that have held Bourbon for a minimum of 2-6 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdd bourbon oak chips to base spirit, or to a beer or stout to add amazing flavours of bourbon and oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOak chips add tannins and flavours and aromas of vanilla and spices like cinnamon and clove. As these oak chips have held bourbon, you will get those amazing bourbon flavours too. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can use the Bourbon Barrel Oak Chips in wine too.  Red wine works best and adds an extra complexity to your wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTry lightly toasting the chips in a dry frying pan and then adding to your stouts, to give even more flavour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf fermenting with beer or wine, then add in the oak with the yeast to give the flavours associated with premium wines that have been fermented in oak barrels, rather than just aged in oak.  During fermentation, the yeast help extract the flavours from the oak and cement the flavours into the wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOak also works really well in traditional IPA's as these were originally transported in oak barrels from England to India on board ships for the long journey around the tip of South Africa and back up to India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUSE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf using in wine, then add about 20-30g per 23 litres when pitching the yeast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf using in Stout \/ Porter, then use 30-50g per 23 litres post fermentation and age on the oak for 1-2 weeks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf using in Spirit, use 50g per 2 litres and age for 10-30 days.  Use less oak if ageing for longer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewbitz Homebrew Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57736868233599,"sku":"B50326","price":5.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/5174\/8661\/files\/BourbonBarrelOakChips.jpg?v=1781263242","url":"https:\/\/www.brewbitz.com\/products\/bourbon-barrel-oak-chips-100g","provider":"Brewbitz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}