Supermarket Honeys For Mead

[Chookers]

I just got some Vicard French Oak chips, medium toasted.

I want to put them in my mead, is there some way to prepare them, like put them in boiling water first, or bake them for 10min, just to make sure I dont infect my mead.?

 

[barls]

i normally just put them in a glass then just enough water to cover then nuke in the microwave for 40 seconds then allow to cool then add.

 

[Chookers]

i normally just put them in a glass then just enough water to cover then nuke in the microwave for 40 seconds then allow to cool then add.

water and all?

how many grams do you use per Litre?

 

[barls]

ive yet to oak a mead, but i was using 25g of cubes in a 20L batch of sour beer thats still going.
i added water and all

 

[Chookers]

today I bottled my mead with oak..

I had a taste before hand, it was'nt as dry as I thought it would be or as sharp (acid levels seemed good), but it was watery. So I hope the oak will fix that. If when I have a taste in 6months its still watery, I think I shall be adding more honey to it, and try thickening it up.