The kit is assembled into the primary fermenter and bunged up with an
airlock. This is my first kit that came with oak "chips." More like sawdust
they are. Four packets came with the kit with instructions to mix in all
four at this initial stage. Two were labeled as "toasted oak." Hmmm, looks
more like grinding off the inside of a barrel to collect the nearly charred
stuff and then digging deeper to get to the chips.
Else that sounds like grousing, I'm happy to follow the instructions to
the end -- I really intended that to be tongue-in-cheek.
Let's see, I slapped the lid on 30 minutes ago... time to go check and
see if it started bubbling yet.

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Regards,

Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer
and Photographer