French Oak Infusion Spirals - Medium Toast

Add refined barrel-aged depth to your beer, wine, or mead with French Oak Infusion Spirals in a medium toast. Designed for brewers seeking smooth, balanced oak character without the need for a barrel, these spirals provide gentle vanilla notes, soft sweetness, and an elegant aroma that integrates well into a wide range of fermentation styles.

Medium-toast French oak is known for producing a milder, more rounded profile than American oak, offering subtle flavor development without overwhelming the base beverage. The toast level highlights natural vanillin and enhances complexity, adding structure that is especially suited for lighter red wines, white wines, traditional meads, and malt-forward beers such as brown ales or amber ales.

Each spiral features a one-inch diameter and a precision-cut helical shape that maximizes surface area for fast, even extraction. This design ensures full flavor release in approximately six weeks, allowing homebrewers to achieve consistent results across both small and large batches. The spirals are intended for single use, as the oak’s extractive compounds are fully released during the first aging cycle.

Available in sizes appropriate for 1-gallon or 5–6-gallon fermentations, these spirals fit easily into carboys, fermentation buckets, and stainless vessels. Brewers can adjust contact time to fine-tune the oak intensity, using shorter aging periods for lighter influence or extended contact for deeper character. Their controlled extraction profile makes them a practical and predictable alternative to full barrel aging while maintaining the subtle elegance characteristic of French oak.