Oak Chips, Medium Toast · 100 g

Barrel character without the barrel. Medium-toast oak chips steep in your beer to give it a rich, balanced oak flavour.

Oak chips · Medium toast · Steep in a hop bag · 100 g

What it does in your beer

Oak chips give you oak character without investing in a full barrel — or finding a corner of the house to keep it in. Put them in a hop bag, steep them in the beer, and they add a rich, balanced oak flavour.

Contact time is your main control, so taste as you go.

At a glance

How to use

• Fill a hop bag with the chips. They go into finished beer, so keep the bag, your hands and any tools sanitised.
• Steep the bag in the beer — fermenter or keg.
• Taste regularly and lift the bag out when the oak is where you want it.
• No fixed dose or contact time in our source data: note what you used and for how long, and adjust next batch.

Pairs well with

Brewing a stout for oaking? Try it with Crisp Roasted Barley (1–10 % of the grist).

Going big and Belgian? Weyermann Abbey malt and dark candi sugar make a solid base for a dark strong ale with oak on top.

Storage & shelf life

• Keep the bag closed and dry until you use it.

Food information

• Name: Oak chips, medium toast
• Ingredients: toasted oak wood
• Allergens: oak is not one of the 14 allergens listed in EU Regulation 1169/2011, Annex II
• Net quantity: 100 g

Good to know

• 100 g of medium-toast oak chips.
• The supplier doesn't state the oak's origin (for example French or American), so we don't either.
• Ingredients travel from our partner warehouse in the Czech Republic in a parcel of their own.

FAQ

How do I use oak chips in beer?
Put them in a hop bag and steep them in the beer. Taste regularly and remove the bag when the oak flavour is right.

How much and how long?
There's no fixed rule in our source data. Oak builds with contact time, so start with a modest amount, taste often and write it down for next time.

Are these French or American oak?
The supplier doesn't specify. What we know: medium toast, 100 g.