Patents Assigned to The Scotch Whisky Research Institute
  • Method of treating wood for use with alcoholic beverages
    Patent number: 5922389
    Abstract: A cask for storing alcoholic beverage is made of a pre-treated wooden material, such as oak wood, wherein the method of pre-treatment includes soaking the wood in a salt solution and heating or toasting the wood thereafter to produce a color change in the wood. Is has been found that impregnating the wood with salt extracts is beneficial in respect of flavoring and coloring the alcoholic beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: The Scotch Whisky Research Institute
    Inventors: Gordon Mark Steele, Kenneth John Gibson Reid, Andrew Frank Ward