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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2018
Hydro Dynamics, Inc., Rome, GA (US);
Douglas G. Mancosky, White, GA (US);
Hydro Dynamics, Inc., Rome, GA (US);
Abstract
An extreme acceleration of the process of aging spirits to obtain aged liquors includes circulating the spirits through a cavitation zone within a controlled cavitation reactor and exposing the spirits therein to high energy cavitation induced shockwaves. Sources of flavor and color such as charred wood chips may be added to the spirits to provide the color and flavor of liquors aged for years in traditional charred oak barrels. The method and apparatus of the present invention obtains the same conversion of undesirable alcohols, flavor extraction, and color as years of aging in an oak barrel but does so in a matter of minutes or hours. The apparatus and method also can be used in conjunction with traditional aging techniques and methods and the total aging time is still reduced dramatically.