Aging of alcoholic beverages
US4994289A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12H1/16
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An alcoholic beverage is confined in a containment vessel having an internal wall of inorganic material (glass, stone, ceramic, enamel, cement, metal) exposed to the beverage. The vessel contains additional interfacing elements of inorganic material so as to increase the surface area of the solid-beverage interface which has been found to irreversibly artificially accelerate the process of aging of the alcoholic beverage.
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