Abstract: A process for producing an aged beverage, preferably a distilled spirit that is aged in contact with wood, in which raw or partially aged beverage is processed in a closed system with controlled heat and oxygen levels, and in contact with a beverage aging wood product. In certain embodiments ethyl acetate is added to the raw beverage prior to the aging process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 20, 2001
Date of Patent:
March 22, 2005
Assignee:
Kairos Corporation
Inventors:
Remy F. Gross, II, John P. Delmore, Walter E. Buske
Abstract: A process for producing an aged beverage, preferably a distilled spirit that is aged in contact with wood, in which raw or partially aged beverage is processed in a closed system with controlled heat and oxygen levels, and in contact with a beverage aging wood product. In certain embodiments ethyl acetate is added to the raw beverage prior to the aging process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 9, 2004
Assignee:
Kairos Corporation
Inventors:
Remy F. Gross, II, John P. Delmore, Walter E. Buske
Abstract: Disclosed is a process for treating wood particles for use in flavoring aqueous liquids to mask undesirable taste components and to increase the extractability and reactivity of flavor enhancing components. Wood particles are contacted with a solution of aqueous ethanol, the solids separated and heated for at least fifteen minutes at temperatures up to 220° C. Also disclosed is a process for using such wood particles for treatment of aqueous liquids and aqueous liquids treated with such wood particles.