Paul E. Lehmann > wrote:

> I recently have tried one of the "Oak Spirals".
>
> https://www.thebarrelmill.com/faq.html

An interesting website. Thanks, Paul.

> It seems to be doing a VERY good job (French oak).
> I am using one of the spirals that is suppose to
> be good for three gallons of wine but I am using
> it in a 15 gallon demijohn. I am using another
> one in a spent 10 gallon barrel. It seems to be
> imparting enough oak for me. The thing about the
> spirals is that they will impart the oak very
> fast as they say in their advertisement. For the
> barrel, I screwed a stainless steel hook into the
> bottom of the silicon bung and used a thin piece
> of stainless steel wire to attach the spiral to
> the hook on the bung. This way, I can remove the
> spiral anytime I want.

Thanks for this information. The price seems in
line with oak chips. It appears that one needs to
Quality Assurance Test ever few weeks to decide
when the oak flavoring is right.

Dick