Hi ralconte:

I'm sorry, that was my poor attempt at some humor.

Steve - Noobie
Oregon



On 29 Oct 2005 06:28:21 -0700, wrote:

>
>spud wrote:
>
>> 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.