"Jason Torrick" <rex_merdinus@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:WbidneXax85S_sHcRVn-gA@comcast.com...[color=blue]
> Well, I guess you could say they're expensive for wood, but not really so
> for a beer ingredient--along the order of a few bucks for a few ounces as[/color]
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> recall. What I've used for beer have been rough chips, around 1/2 to 1[/color]
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> square, thickness of about 1/8 inch or so. Any size will do, as long as
> youi remember that surface area is the key issue intransferring the flavor
> to the beer. In my first wine kit, the "chips" were literally sawdust. I
> remember about a year ago there was an article in one of the major
> homebrewing magazines about how to figure out how much you want to add,[/color]
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> whether you want to toast your chips. Hope this helps.[/color]

Hell just chop up the furniture or picture frames. You only need a little.

Bad Steve

__Stephen