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Whiskey made DIY and by AI

2019; American Chemical Society; Volume: 97; Issue: 39 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/cen-09739-newscripts

ISSN

2474-7408

Autores

Craig A. Bettenhausen,

Resumo

DIY whiskey Whiskey is, in a sense, wood-flavored vodka. It's complex, nuanced, and, many would say, lovely. It is a fairly pure mixture of ethanol and water that has had a chance to exchange flavor, color, and other molecules with charred or toasted wood. In contrast, vodka is a spirit that is treated to remove flavors, aromas, and colors. For years, specialty retailers have sold kits and supplies that allow people to make their own whiskey-like spirit on a small scale. One option is a wood barrel, 3–20 L in size, that's similar to the 200 L barrels, usually oak, used to age commercial whiskey. Another option is toasted oak chips or coils that soak with the liquor in a jar or bottle. In all these DIY cases, the higher ratio of wood surface area to volume of liquid means that the liquor needs less time to age, and it

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