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Alcohol is one of a small handful of products that actually get better with age. But the aging process is inherently very slow, so producers of of top quality beverages can charge a premium for their product. But what if you could age alcohol, and lots of other liquids in only a few minutes or hours instead of many years? 


Well, you can! Using ultrasound and wood chips made of used barrels, you can achieve a very similar effect to aging, in only a few minutes. Using a combination of ultrasound an aeration, you can make the same chemical reactions take place but in a much shorter time span. The technique is so powerful that many companies have begun to work it into their production runs to make new and interesting products. 

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Get 30% OFF your first bag of coffee with Trade Coffee when you click here http://bit.ly/tradethoughtemporium and use the coupon code THOUGHTEMPORIUM at checkout _________________________________________________________________ Alcohol is one of a small handful of products that actually get better with age. But the aging process is inherently very slow, so producers of of top quality beverages can charge a premium for their product. But what if you could age alcohol, and lots of other liquids in only a few minutes or hours instead of many years? Well, you can! Using ultrasound and wood chips made of used barrels, you can achieve a very similar effect to aging, in only a few minutes. Using a combination of ultrasound an aeration, you can make the same chemical reactions take place but in a much shorter time span. The technique is so powerful that many companies have begun to work it into their production runs to make new and interesting products. More reading: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00226-1 10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.07.027 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2016.11.031 http://whiskyadvocate.com/rapid-aging-whiskey-feature/ _________________________________________________________________ Support the show and future projects: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thethoughtemporium Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/thoughtemporium Become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV5vCi3jPJdURZwAOO_FNfQ/join Store: https://teespring.com/stores/the-thought-emporium _________________________________________________________________ My Social Media Pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethoughtemporium/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thethoughtemporium/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TTEchironex Website: http://thethoughtemporium.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Special thanks to my amazing patrons and channel members! Afrotechmods Alex Alexander Marunowski Alexandre Guhur Ambrose Andre andrew james morris Anita Fowler Applied Science Austin Morris Ben Ben Reay Bennet Huch besenyeim BinarySplit Brady OBrien Chris the Mad Sciencer Comrade Spamuel Danny Chan Dave Yeagly David Choitz Dima Drew DeVault dstensnes Dustin Parciasepe Eisolu Elliot Turner emptymachine ethan lutz Eugene Pakhomov Ezekiel Dohmen Filipsi Frank genuinebyte Harry Pottash ian burghardt Jack Brown James Jaroslav Henner Jase Smith Jim Mussared John John De Witt John Wlazlo Jon Adams Jonathan Dashe Joshua Pedrick Justa Noman Justin Hendryx Kevin Kevin Forsythe kn0tsin Krys Kamieniecki Lambda AI Hardware Leon Leon Schutte Leslie Rohde Lewis Westbury Liam Scaife Louis Cashin Luc Ritchie Marco Reps Martin Haugsand Matthew Broerman Matthew Reece-Ford Maxwell Meinhard Absalon Michael Chatzidakis Monsyne Dragon narvutar1324 Nicholas Fletcher Nico Schlüter Overshafter Patrick Patrick Sweetman Paul Emmerich Paul Richmond Phelan O'Connell Philipp Weber Pietro Saccardi Piper Elinor Ralph Dratman Rauni Robert Boll robert braun Robert Miller Robert S. Sam Pinches sdrwer erwer Sean Coates Sebastiaan Schlappi Simon Convey Simon Hallam SkaveRat tain TheOneTrueJames TheQuickestBrownFox Tiffany Bennett Tom Bullock Tómas Árni Jónasson Vedran Bajic Virgil Ilian Walter Jones xj9 Áva Eriksdóttir Chris Modjeska Phillip Johnson andré bernard mennicken Jose Ayala Shwe Yin Aye Malcolm Berkeley Louis St Pierre Radio Astronomy (MSAS) stevenson primacio John Emery Ajit A bitizen248 Guillermo Alum flantc Gavin Lou just_noXi SheLovesItWhenYouPullOutThatPhenomenalDissertation Dr. Brandon Wiley Jonathan Nagel István Kiss Jorm Skagh txyzinfo Robert Boll trevor skjerpen adamklam1 Hunter Bagby Anthony M Kush Agarwal

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Monsyne Dragon

Nice! I've made Mead (honey wine) before, and oaked it using a small barrel (5gal/20L), as smaller barrels age faster (more surface area per unit volume). One thing to note is that when oaking, whether using a barrel, or chips, freshly toasted wood us usually washed first. Some of your chips were from used barrels, so it doesn't apply there, but for your homemade oak chips, you might want to soak them in water for a bit first, as the freshly toasted wood can be a little strong. It would be interesting to see if this can be used for regular mellowing of wines/meads, etc. even without the wood. When I've made mead, it required nearly a year of aging before it was drinkable. Freshly fermented, the stuff is terribly harsh and almost medicinal.

SkaveRat

Would the aeration not be a lot easier by bubbling air into the liquid?

Jeremy

Excellent! The extra bitter coffee sounds very appealing to me. The Nile red tasting was also interesting to see with the difference in preferences.