The Ideal Alternative to the Barrel

Oak chips are a quick and economical method to add a "barrel-aged" aroma to your beer. While barrel aging is a delicate art in home brewing, chips offer a very interesting alternative to reproduce the organoleptic effects.

Moreover, they are not limited to beer... Enhance your wines, kombucha, or spirits with American or French oak chips as well.

Our chips are made from dried American oak staves (barrel slats), reduced to chips and toasted to create flavors similar to those obtained with a barrel.

American Light Toast Oak Chips offer an aromatic palette of vanilla, coconut, brown tobacco, and cedar. They can be easily combined with more toasted oak chips or French oak chips.

The roasting levels of our chips are “Light”, “Medium”, and “Heavy”. Each degree of toast will give different flavors in the oak, not an increased intensity in the beer. These are not weak, normal, or strong levels; each presents a distinct flavor profile. In addition to these roasting profiles, American oak chips will have flavors close to bourbon, rum, or other spirits, while French ones will lean towards scents closer to wine.

Oak Chip Dosage:

• - 2.5g/L: for a complexity effect without a dominant woody marker
• - 4g/L: balanced dosage
• - 6g/L to 8g/L: pronounced woody character clearly marking the bouquet and structure of the beer recipe used.

Of course, if you plan to let the beer age for a long time, you will need to reduce these dosages. Oak chips are an oenological product, they mainly come from the wine world, and as in wine, the best guide will be your palate. Regularly taste your aging beer to determine if the woody flavors suit you.

Possible Introduction Phases:

• - End of boiling
• - End of primary fermentation
• - During beer aging

Contact Time:

With the dosages given above, 3 weeks will be enough for sufficient extraction. However, there are not many rules and the exposure time can range from a few days to 3 or 4 months.

Ideal Beers with American Light Toast Oak Chips:

• - Farmhouse
• - Strong Blondes
• - Wild Beers
• - Amber
• - Stout
• - Brett Beers