Appeal No. 2002-2029
Application No. 09/440,037
passing through said system contacts said wood
product; and
(d) processing said beverage in the presence of
oxygen for a period of time sufficient to produce a
matured beverage;
wherein said beverage-aging wood product is
prepared by the process of:
(i) comminuting raw, untreated wood into
granules;
(ii) heating said granules to a temperature
of from about 100º C to about 240º C
for a period of at least one hour;
(iii) contacting the granules with a solution
of aqueous ethanol containing from
about 50% to about 95% ethanol at a
temperature of up to about 55º C;
(iv) separating the granules from the
solution; and
(v) heating the granules to a temperature
of up to about 220º C for a period of
at least about 15 minutes.
20. A method of maturing an ethanolic beverage
to achieve a desired organoleptic character
comprising:
(a) combining
(i) a quantity of a raw distillate for
maturation;
(ii) an amount of a beverage-aging wood
product sufficient to effect the
maturation; and
(iii) from about 2 to about 100 grams of
ethyl acetate per 100º proof liter
of the raw distillate; and
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