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Big thanks Masta......got the box today! I guess I'll have to cook tomorrow night so I can try some out. My wife liked the idea of the garlic one.

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Congrats Sang

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Well. Just racked the Welch's to a carboy yesterday.....the SG had gotten down to 1.010 finally. Still watching the other two now.......the Cab/Sauv was close but will give it another day or two. Gonna have to keep an eye on the blackberry/merlot as well. I need to go take a SG reading...

I wanted to.....really I did. But I had two 80# dogs and a cat in the truck for a two day drive. :(

Waldo - I'll be trying to keep everyone posted on how it progresses. Wadewade - It's not from a kit. I was going to do another batch of blackberry wine from concentrate until I saw a can of Merlot concentrate also. So I got one can of each type and some oak chips and figured 'what the...

They said that their rules did not allow the transporting of alcohol interstate. They didn't want to run afoul of the ATF and federal laws. :( Oh well.....my inlaws got the windfall from that. The day before I left I went around putting a case or so on their doorsteps. I took one bottle of...

Well after a 'fun' move out here to lovely Tucson......a move in which the movers refused to transport my homebrew, I have once again gotten back into production. whew. I've started 3 batches in the last few days.....2 of them today. :) First was a Welch's red grape concentrate...

This is a new thing for me.....using oak and it not being in a kit. I'm trying a scratch recipe, kind of combining two, to make a Blackberry Merlot this time since my last blackberry wine was such a hit and my Cab/Merlot was a hit. Well, I went ahead and put approximately 2oz of the oak...

Simplistic. And another one...... :) Edited by: usafcajun

They're chips and I presume a medium toast based on the color. It is just labeled French toasted Oak on the bag.

I'm getting ready to start a 5 gal batch of Blackberry/Merlot and would like to oak it. I picked up 4 oz of French oak at the hbs..what amount should I use for a relatively medium oak flavor?

More...... :)

Masta, Here are some I just threw together.....it's kinda late....more to come I guess. oh yeah....they're 2.7" square.Edited by: usafcajun