I much prefer the smell of white oak to red. White oak is sort of nutty, red oak is sour. It does vary a lot though: quartered a whole bunch of red oak rounds today, and didn't smell much of anything.
Yeah I think they use white oak in wine casks right?CarbonNeutral said:Red oak = cheap white wine
My favorite is Black Birch - gotta love that wintergreen
billb3 said:I've had one or two crotches smell bad enough with big thick gobs of white stuff that actually looked like cottage cheese that I dragged them off into the woods.
Flatbedford said:billb3 said:I've had one or two crotches smell bad enough with big thick gobs of white stuff that actually looked like cottage cheese that I dragged them off into the woods.
That's not something I would tell anybody about. :lol:
krex1010 said:Flatbedford said:billb3 said:I've had one or two crotches smell bad enough with big thick gobs of white stuff that actually looked like cottage cheese that I dragged them off into the woods.
That's not something I would tell anybody about. :lol:
Soap and water is good for that!
Flatbedford said:billb3 said:I've had one or two crotches smell bad enough with big thick gobs of white stuff that actually looked like cottage cheese that I dragged them off into the woods.
That's not something I would tell anybody about. :lol:
Thanks for this! Always something new to learn at Hearth.com.A good adianoeta to start the morning with a good laugh.
I think this analogy just officially ruined my liking that stuff!!Green (to a lesser extent dead but still damp) Red/Black Oak really stinks,like a cross between mouldy Provolone & my feet after wearing boots 12hrs on a hot August day.
White Oak has that wonderful vanilla-ish/caramel scent,especially when fresh cut,not quite as much when dry.Love sawing/shaping White Oak in the shop,Black Walnut & Black Cherry is a close 2nd for pleasant aroma.
I think this analogy just officially ruined my liking that stuff!!
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