Apple Wood Chips for Smoking, 250ml Pack

For anyone smoking light drinks. A strong smoke over a cocktail built on gin or vodka covers everything underneath, and the result is a glass that tastes only of burnt wood.

Because each one burns off different compounds, and those compounds are the aromas that end up in the drink. Fruit woods give sweet, round notes; harder, resinous woods give sharper ones, which see little use behind a bar. Among the fruit woods, apple chips sit at the delicate end of the scale, which is why this is the one to reach for when the drink has little to defend itself with.

• Wood: apple
• Intensity: the most delicate in the range
• Format: 250ml pack
• Use: burn chamber of a smoking gun
• Weight: 0.2kg

What they work on

White spirits, citrus drinks and anything with a fresh profile: there, apple chips add a base note without moving the centre of the drink. They also work on ice and on empty glasses aromatised before service, where you want a light aroma that stays in the background. On an aged rum or a peated whisky they would barely register.

How much to use

A pinch, not a handful. Fill the chamber halfway: too much wood smothers the burn and gives a denser but more acrid smoke, which is the opposite of what a delicate wood is for. Contact time counts more than quantity, and one or two minutes under a cloche is enough.

The glass smoked before the drink

This is the technique where a delicate wood gives most. Invert the empty glass over the smoke, leave it ten or fifteen seconds, then build the cocktail inside: the aroma stays on the walls and reaches the nose with every sip without entering the liquid. With apple chips the result is a base note you hardly read as smoke, which is exactly what a pale drink needs.

Two hundred and fifty millilitres, and how long they last

A pack covers several dozen sessions, because each one uses a pinch. Real consumption depends on the size of the chamber and how often it is reloaded: anyone smoking two or three drinks a night on the same load will cover months.

Storage

Closed and dry. Damp wood does not burn: it smokes poorly, steams and leaves an off smell that transfers to the drink. That is why the pack goes back shut after every use, and stays away from the sink and the dishwasher, the two dampest points of any bar counter.

FAQ

How strong are apple wood chips? They are the most delicate in the range: sweet and fruity.

Which drinks are they for? White spirits, citrus cocktails and light drinks.

How much wood goes in the chamber? A pinch, filling it halfway: too much makes the smoke acrid.

How are they stored? Closed and dry: damp wood does not burn properly.

Can two woods be mixed? Yes, and with a delicate wood like this one it is the way to add body without changing the character of the smoke altogether.

The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 pieces -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item.

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The other woods and the smoking guns are in the smoking category.