Comments on: Testing Exotic Woods with Bourbon Whiskey

By: Wood chips in a SMaSH Barleywine - Home Brew Forums

Wood chips in a SMaSH Barleywine - Home Brew Forums — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:01:47 +0000

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By: Wood other than Oak? - Home Brew Forums

Wood other than Oak? - Home Brew Forums — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:35:47 +0000

[...] sure about that wood, but something you might find interesting: http://tapirtantrum.com/2009/04/12/testing-exotic-woods-whiskey/ __________________ Imaginary member of the Kai Troester fan club My blogsite: [...]

By: katie

katie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:31:00 +0000

OK – thanks!
I almost ordered from them, I want to try first with Mesquite – I’m not sure how close their Mountain Mesquite is to southwestern Honey Mesquite, so I ended up ordering NorthWoods Smokes honey mesquite chips. I’ll report back in on the taste – would be interesting to see if there’s a difference between the mountain Mesquite & the honey Mesquite…

By: pinchaque

pinchaque — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:22:53 +0000

I used the chips. They seem to be about the same size as the oak chips I’ve bought at my local homebrew. The exact product name was “Maine Grilling Chip (Smoking Wood Chips) Sampler” although their site seems to be down at the moment…

By: katie

katie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:40:23 +0000

Hello! I want to give this a shot – were you using the “chips”, or the “chunks” from Maine Grilling Woods? The chips look pretty small in their product picture, but it’s hard to say.

By: Brewing with Cedar

Brewing with Cedar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:05:24 +0000

[...] looking into this too…seems like a perfect fit for a unique IPA. This blog post was interesting: http://tapirtantrum.com/2009/04/12/testing-exotic-woods-whiskey/ They got various woods from Maine Grilling Woods and dunked them in bourbon for a while to see [...]

By: Brewing Chocolate Porter with Northern Nutwood « Chuck Smith's Blog

Brewing Chocolate Porter with Northern Nutwood « Chuck Smith's Blog — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:53:41 +0000

[...] beer also gives me the opportunity to try out some brewing with exotic woods. I did a test earlier this year and came up with several good candidates from my Maine Grilling Woods source. For this porter I [...]

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:40:16 +0000

Cool. Thanks for clarifying. I’ll have to give this a try sometime. Cheers.

By: pinchaque

pinchaque — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:14:20 +0000

I used Bulleit Bourbon whiskey. For toasting the chips they each were a bit different and I didn’t record the exact data. Basically I just hit “toast” until they started to brown around the edges. This was just one chip in the middle of the toaster-oven. For multiple chips you would likely have to move them around to ensure even toasting.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:02:37 +0000

That’s very interesting. Thanks (again) for sharing the results. What kind of whiskey did you use for this? How long and at what temperature were the chips in the toaster oven?