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Awesome! I wanted to hear confirmation from someone who has left their chips in until they were ready to expose the wine. Thank you for the reply.

Good to know...I wasn't sure if it was okay to add during this period. I think I am going to leave the chips in until I am ready to bottle...(approx 6 months from now). I only used 1.5 oz of chips for 5 gal carboy...so hopefully all will turn out okay. I have also read that the oak flavor...

Thanks for the replies. The heart of what I am looking to find out is that if the oak chips actually stop releasing the oak flavor (i would guess when they are saturated). If so approx how long does that take? And also, is there any harm in keeping them in the carboy until after they have...

Hello All, Disclaimer: I have searched and read the forum and have found many different results on oaking. If you don't want to read all below, here's the short and quick: -How long can I leave my oak chips in my carboy? Do I HAVE to take them out? Put them in along with yeast on day...