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spud
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Oak Elderberry Wine?
Hi ralconte:
I'm sorry, that was my poor attempt at some humor.
Steve - Noobie
Oregon
On 29 Oct 2005 06:28:21 -0700,
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>spud wrote:
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>> I like oak as an 'adjunct' to increase flavors and bouquet, but don't
>> really like wood alcohol :-) .
>>
>Just a chemical heads up here, I don't have any real info on the
>asthetics of oak character in elderberry wine, but you're not going to
>get wood alcohol out of oak wood by soaking it in wine. Some traces of
>methanol form when yeast ferments pulp, but you won't get any out of
>oak wood unless you try to distill the wood. So not to worry.
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