A good way to get barrel flavor without investing in a barrel and dealing w/ the hassle. I did forget about them in a RIS in the keg for a few years and they disintegrated. So don't do that. Still tasty but I had to strain the beer.

Make sure your beer can stand big oak.

Soaked these puppies a bit of bourbon for two weeks added to secondary and enjoyed a very tasty "oak-aged" Porter.

Used these to simulate a barrel aged brew. Soaked 2 oz. of these in some bourbon for a few weeks. Then racked my doppelbock onto them in a secondary. Let it sit for 8 months. Turned out awesome. I got all those smooth vanilla notes typical among many of the popular commercial barrel aged special release beers. I tried a similar method with french medium toast didn't come out nearly as smooth and too much raw wood aroma/flavor.

these litte guys gave a great smoke flavor to my black rye IPA would fr sure use them again Next time gonna see what they do to my porter