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Does your racking cane have the anti-sediment cover? If not get one of those as they are a necessity in this hobby/obsession. The larger Oak cubes or Beans as they are sometimes called will take much longer to extract (and sink) than the chips but they will over time (sink) which is a pretty good indicator of full extraction. Most people leave them in (Carboy) for 2-3 months with tasting along the way to check for your preferred oak level which is a very personal thing let me tell you! There is no need to sanitize the oak. You can if you want to by soaking it in some K-meta but no one has ever reported a problem due to tossing in an un-sanitized bag of oak chips.
Does your racking cane have the anti-sediment cover? If not get one of those as they are a necessity in this hobby/obsession.
The larger Oak cubes or Beans as they are sometimes called will take much longer to extract (and sink) than the chips but they will over time (sink) which is a pretty good indicator of full extraction.
Most people leave them in (Carboy) for 2-3 months with tasting along the way to check for your preferred oak level which is a very personal thing let me tell you!
There is no need to sanitize the oak. You can if you want to by soaking it in some K-meta but no one has ever reported a problem due to tossing in an un-sanitized bag of oak chips.
