Judge accelerated methods by sensory equivalence, not color alone.
The distinction is between isolated reaction speed and whole-system development.
Attempts to accelerate maturation can increase extraction or oxidation, but they may not reproduce the temporal integration of traditional cask aging.
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Accelerated maturation
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Attempts to accelerate maturation can increase extraction or oxidation, but they may not reproduce the temporal integration of traditional cask aging.
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Source section: Accelerated maturation
Context: The distinction is between isolated reaction speed and whole-system development.
Interpretation and caution
Judge accelerated methods by sensory equivalence, not color alone.
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September 27 attribution qualification
Locator is local PDF sheet 6, printed p. 100. The directly supported author claim is that closed-vessel heating may speed oxidation but does not reproduce the concentration changes due to evaporation in cask aging. “Temporal integration” above is the researcher’s broader synthesis, not a measured outcome or the authors’ term. The suggested sensory-equivalence test is an Academy evaluation criterion; this review reports no general test proving that every accelerated method fails.