Dominos

Lee got some oak dominos from Dennis, which he had put into some wine. Did a little web searching about the oak dominos. Found the following web page that talks about using them and rate of oak extraction. They recommend 60lbs of dominos for 1,000G of wine. For 30G that translates to 1.8 pounds. http://www.nadalie-usa.com/add-ins_usage.asp They have more info about a study of oak additives that looks like it's worth reading on their web-site. That is at: http://www.nadalie-usa.com/pdf/nadalie_add-ins_alchemy.pdf
The dominos had some mold growth on them Saturday. We put them into a proxycarb solution overnight. Then we'll split them, rinse them and do a second proxycarb solution. Followed by a meta/citric rinse and then put them into some of the older barrels.