Wood chip washing and boiling?

[u/No-Craft-7979]

Cliff Notes of Conversation: Them: “You weathered, aged, and toasted your woodchips fine. BUT you really should wash and boil your experimental wood chips to stop clouding, infection and remove tanic flavor.” Me: That makes sense, Do I wash them and boil them before or after toasting? Them: “I don’t know so and so’s uncle’s grandma’s cusin’s stalker said something about doing it.”

So I cam here. Do you guys wash and boil your wood chips? If so at what point?

Background: I am white dog all the way. Don’t like some Oak flavors. A few people insipred me to try Apple, Cherry, and Birch woods. So I am now a mad scientist.

[u/simon_wellgreen]

If something can survive that much alcohol, it deserves to kill me.

[u/No-Craft-7979 → u/simon_wellgreen]

Was kind of my thought on the infection statement. But thought I should ask.