Some of the kits, at least celler craft, say to leave the cubes in for about 10 days during the secondary portion of fermentation. The consensus seems to be that they need about 6 to 8 weeks to get full benefit. I guess of course that's if you wants an oakier flavor.
Due to carboy space, it works out for me if I bulk age for about 90 days with one racking done at about the 45 day point. Since I'm doing this, would it be any problem to add the cubes during the beginning of bulk aging? I can rack them out at my typical 45 day points and then let it go another 45 days without them. Generally I clear before the 90 day aging, but if I were doing the cubes this way would it be better to do clearing agents after the cubes came out or does it really matter?
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Due to carboy space, it works out for me if I bulk age for about 90 days with one racking done at about the 45 day point. Since I'm doing this, would it be any problem to add the cubes during the beginning of bulk aging? I can rack them out at my typical 45 day points and then let it go another 45 days without them. Generally I clear before the 90 day aging, but if I were doing the cubes this way would it be better to do clearing agents after the cubes came out or does it really matter?
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