Oak Your Strong Beer with Cubes
Dubbel, Stout and Strong Ale are three great beers to impart with oak flavor. High gravity beers, or those with a strong enough flavor, will stand up well to oak. There is a bit of a balancing act when using oak; you don't want the beer to overpower the oak, just as you do not want the oak to cover up the beer.
Oak cubes give you the advantage of precisely calculating the surface area of the oak that comes into contact with the beer. That is something that you cannot accurately do with oak chips. Oak cubes will help you dial in just the right amount of flavor.
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