American oak
New World hardwood
American oak refers to several oak species native to North America, particularly white oak, valued in woodworking and winemaking.
The wood is prized for furniture, flooring, and barrel-making.
In viticulture, American oak barrels impart distinctive vanilla and coconut flavors to wine, contrasting with the subtler influence of French oak: The winemaker aged the cabernet in American oak.
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- bourbonCorn-based American spirit
- bourbon whiskeyCorn-based American barrel spirit
- Tennessee whiskeyCharcoal-filtered American corn spirit
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
cooperage · tannin · grain · hardwood · lumber · charred · aging · vanilla · caramel · toast · stave · wine · woodworking · furniture making · furniture · flooring · sawdust · forest
geographic origin of oak species
American oakFrench oak
Timber species from Gaul
English oak · acacia · chestnut · cherry wood