"Rick Gibson" > wrote in message
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> I have both red and white oak and you can see the difference

Don't use the red oak. I've heard that it is poisonous - but I'm still
alive.

Red oak just doesn't _taste_ good. White American oak is much better.
French and other European are better still. I recently heard of Russian
oak, but I have never tasted it AFAIK.

Tom S