I have been no-chill brewing lately. And I'm interested in doing a primary fermentation on oak, like a Firestone Walked Double Barrel Ale clone. So tonight I conducted a brief expirement to see if adding an oak cube to 2oz of boiling water and allowing it to cool would create any undesireable flavors.
The sample tasted woody, with vanilla and Lincoln Log. (if you ever bit a Lincoln Log when you were a kid you know exactly what I mean). Overall, I didn't taste anything bad so now I'm going to try it out in a batch of beer.
