Bag my oak chips?

[pete1325]

I haven't used oak in a while and thought I'd add some to the Chilean juice that's coming in this week. Question is should I bag the chips in a cheese cloth prior to dumping them or just dump them, saw dust and all? Also, I plan to add them in primary this time instead of the bulk ageing phase. Any thoughts?

 

[sour_grapes]

I prefer to put them in a bag, in order to make racking a bit easier. There are other ways around the problem of the chips clogging your siphon, but putting them in cheese cloth is pretty easy.