"Hey all
Currently aging my first batch of rum on oak chips and had a question.
I have my rum in 1L jars
60% ABV and sitting on 1 table spoon of oak chips.
Half the jars on heavy toast the other half on medium toast.

Now to the question: I am going on vacation in 2 weeks and will be gone for almost 7 weeks.
The rum has been oaking for 1 week so far. Would I be better off leaving it on oak until I return from vacation or would it be better to remove the chips before I leave?
I don't want to over oak my rum.

Thanks for your help everyone. "

Aye...What I see with my SF's on heavy and medium toast... The first 10 days picks up good color, but after that it stays about the same for a few weeks. At week 4, the flavor profile is very smooth and has good aftertastes and it is a bit darker... Week 6 was not that much different- and there it was consumed ;( I also rotated and aerated the jars once a week too... As Hokey has said you can always dilute later with a new run or a jar that didn't darken as much.