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"I bought some Jack Daniels White oak grilling chips...chopped up barrels. I toasted some. I have tried adding a few chips per quart (about 4 quarter size by 1/8-1/4 "" thick) I have tried toasted or plain. I usually let them sit 3-5 days sometimes doing the freezer to sunlight thing others just setting outside.
The problem is I get a very sharp or spicy sometimes a woodsy taste that I cant seem to air out or mellow (starting with a 40-50% ABV product).
Any help or opinions would be appreciated.
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I dont think you WILL air it out once you infused it into the likker. If its terrible just rerun it and that will prolly get rid of the taste so you can start over. I cant help with that but, use smaller quantities when you expirimenting until you get the ratios and taste your after. I know a fella that uses 1/2 pint jars for trail and errors. Good luck.
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Well back in the old artificial bourbon making days..them JD chips was my pal. Still got some. Folks who whine up a sample say..Wow..that taste like jack daniels. Try mixing in combo with toasty apple chips and a pinch of dark oak. I also like to float a small chunk of lump charcoal down in there. Aint sure it helps anything but made me feel better at the time. Figgered it bound to absorb some stinky stuff.
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That kind of leads into my next question. I have a carboy half full, of heads tails an experiment gone wrong. I was kinda thinking about adding some rum back set to help mellow the flavors that are in the tales and dilute to about 35 percent. The plan is to run it when the carboy gets full. That shouldn't be too long now. Any opinions or thought on th that one?
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"Sounds like a GOOD idea to me. That's about what I do. Only difference is I usually save up a gallon,don't have a carboy that's not in use, then throw in the pot with my next run.
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" Originally Posted by: Fusefinder  That kind of leads into my next question. I have a carboy half full, of heads tails an experiment gone wrong. I was kinda thinking about adding some rum back set to help mellow the flavors that are in the tales and dilute to about 35 percent. The plan is to run it when the carboy gets full. That shouldn't be too long now. Any opinions or thought on th that one? I did that with heads and tails-- i re ran the first 850 ml of heads but the rest i added 1 drop of vanilla and 3 drops of sweet glycerine per fifth. I added rye grain and wood chips to one gallon . Took the chips out after i god a fairly deep color and the rye out after a month. I fed it to burbon lovers with what i thout were very positive results."
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Sure sounds like a better plan to use up the back set as opposed to dumping it in the fermenter. I think that stuff caused serious bodily injury to my yeastes one time. The Warden has also recently noticed it kills grass when dumped in the yard. I can save a few bucks on Round Up if she happens to be right..which aint very often. Now it did make a large round dead spot on the putting green type yard turf. I thinking maybe it was still too hot or something. It seems like it should be more earth friendly.
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