Use as a design principle for evaluating accelerated maturation: test sensory outcome and integration separately from process speed and cost.
The authors discuss increasing use of wood staves, chips, and sticks as alternatives to long cask residence.
The review notes that wood fragments can hasten maturation, but treats comparable sensory quality and consumer acceptability as necessary conditions rather than assuming that faster extraction equals successful aging.
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Aging process; Sensory analyses of aged spirits
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Evidence
The review notes that wood fragments can hasten maturation, but treats comparable sensory quality and consumer acceptability as necessary conditions rather than assuming that faster extraction equals successful aging.
Location and context
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Source section: Aging process; Sensory analyses of aged spirits
The authors discuss increasing use of wood staves, chips, and sticks as alternatives to long cask residence.
Research application
Use this as a design principle for accelerated-maturation comparisons: evaluate sensory outcome and integration separately from process speed and cost.
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