On May 1, 12:34 pm, ernie wrote:
Jim wrote:
I am going to be adding French oak chips to my primary fermentor can
anyone tell me how much to add per 100 lbs. of grapes. Thank you in
advance.

100 lbs of grapes will press out to about a carboy, so 2 ounces should
do it.

Jim,
It depends on how you measure and what you use. If you measure by
weight what you use is a little more predictable as a heads up.
Personally, I would use 2 ounces on a white but 6 on a red but I love
oak, I use chips or beans and measure by weight. As a point of
reference 1 cup dry measure weighs around 5 to 6 ounces by weight.
Prefermentation additions are a little more forgiving of over oaking
and do seem to integrate well too. If you have never added oak
preferment you may want to ere on the low side because you can always
add more later.

Joe