Posted on 10/28/2022 12:38:35 PM PDT by Red Badger
A new kind of “gold standard” could soon permeate the whiskey industry.
Whiskey distillers typically age spirits in charred, wooden casks for years, allowing the liquor to gradually absorb flavorful chemicals released from the wood (SN: 10/31/19). Now, researchers have demonstrated that swirling gold ions into a whiskey can reveal how much flavor the liquor has taken in — a quality called agedness. The method could provide master blenders with a quick and inexpensive test for whiskey agedness, researchers report October 6 in ACS Applied Nano Materials.
“A tiny amount of gold gives you this really bright, strong, red or blue or purple color,” says William Peveler, a chemist at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. The stronger the color, and the quicker that color arises, the more aged the whiskey, he says.
Master blenders sometimes conduct tasting sessions to gauge agedness, but this process can be labor intensive. Alternatively, laboratory assays can measure agedness by checking whiskeys for flavorful chemicals called congeners, absorbed from wood casks, but such analyses can be expensive.
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And a lot of fun.
Yes, the old way is clearly better.
Where do I apply for one of these jobs??.......................😜
I don't understand how they get away with selling it as bottom shelf swill.
It's good stuff! Aged 5-7 year, 86 proof. I'll take to over Jim Beam and Jack Daniels.
But my first favorite whiskey is Jim Beam Black. Unfortunately, Biden's inflation has made it a bit cost prohibitive.
It actually hasn't gone up in price. Still $47/1.75. Unfortunately, everything else has gone up in price so now I'm trying to save $20.
Evan Williams!
I’m sure taste test volunteers could easily be found.
PEOPLE WILL START MAKING THEIR OWN............................AGAIN.....................😉
I’ll work for free!.......................
Sounds to me like an over tasted beer taster thought up a way to get his hands on some gold.
My experience is that after drinking about a half a bottle of whisky, vodka or rum... My interest in what brand it is dissipates... As long as I’m drunk... I’m good.
I shall offer my services to all distilleries in Scotland as a “Master Taster of Single Malt.” I work cheap but demand the services of a driver. DWI in Scotland is expensive. That blended crap is be judged by one of a lesser palate, not I.
LOL
I'm an Evan man. Do we need to start a support group? :>)
I only buy the freshest whiskeys. Who wants that old stale stuff?
Costco has their own brand whiskeys that is really good. And the Kirkland Vodka is just Grey Goose at about 1/4 the cost.
Evan Williams Bottled and Bond is even better and only a bit more expensive.
Evan is my friend as well.
Is that the 100 proof one? It was too strong for me.
You can often get Buffalo Trace for under $20 a bottle for 750ml. That's a nice smooth drink.
And the women all get prettier as well.................😜
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