"Gary" > wrote in message
. com...
>I used Sta-Vin oak beans on a recent batch of red wine. I added them when
>I
> transferred from the primary to the secondary, and they were in the carboy
> for about 2 months. Today I racked the wine, and saved the oak beans
> (rinsed them and sanitized them). Can they be re-used? Is there enough
> oak
> essence to flavor more wine?

Probably not, but there might be enough to flavor the smoke in your BBQ!

Tom S