Oak Avantage® French Granular Oak
Oak Avantage® French Granular Oak is sourced from the highest quality oak in Central France. After aging for 18 months seasoned staves are granulated to produce a uniform particle size. The oak is toasted by a unique drying process to create delicate flavors and aromas.
Key Features
- Complex phenolic structure – vanilla, spicy/clove, coconut/sweet, butter
Pack Size: 44 lbs
Application and Dose Rates
- Finishing: Add directly to the brite beer tank to compliment beer flavor and aroma during storage
- Barrel Supplementation: Add directly to neutral barrels to renew oak flavors and aroma
- Dose Rate Range: 70-300 g/bbl (for oak flavors and aromas that range from subtle background notes to
bold oak character as determined to be optimal for that particular beer)
- Dose Rate Range: 70-300 g/bbl (for oak flavors and aromas that range from subtle background notes to
- Blending Beer: Dose the oak at a high rate directly into a smaller volume of beer to make a concentrated blending beer for precise blending back into larger finished brews at the brite beer tank or barrels
- Dose Rate Range: 2,500-5,000 g/bbl
Oak samples are available upon request, please contact your Gusmer representative.
Manufactures (e.g., Customers) using Oak products in the manufacturing of food (e.g., alcoholic beverage) are responsible to dose the material at the minimum quantity required to accomplish the ‘intended effect’ and otherwise in accordance with the principles of good manufacturing practices (GMP).