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As brandies age, chemical interactions between the spirits and the wood casks they mature in grant them their distinctive hues, scents and tastes. These reactions are slow, and aging high-quality brandy currently takes several years.
Previous research found that ultrasound waves can help extract chemicals from plant tissues. Ultrasounds are pressure waves that cause tissues to rupture, releasing bioactive compounds stored within cells at a higher rate. As such, researchers wanted to see if ultrasound waves could help accelerate the aging of brandy.
The scientists flowed distilled wine through American oak chips. As the wine seeped past the wooden chips, the researchers blasted it with ultrasound waves. The researchers found that after only three days of ultrasound treatment, they produced spirits that were similar to brandies aged for years. The scientists will detail their findings in the May issue of the journal Ultrasonics Sonochemistry.
"Obtaining, in three days, a spirit with characteristics near to two-years-aged brandies was something really unexpected for us," says study co-author Valme García, a professor at the University of Cádiz in Spain.
Eight trained judges, including some of the researchers, deemed the resulting spirits nearly as good as traditional brandies. "They tasted surprisingly well, with good fruity and sweet flavors and a high aromatic intensity," García said.
Source: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/02/03/ultrasound-waves-wine-brandy/
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Monday February 06 2017, @08:44AM
What does "shitfaced" mean? (Sorry, my urban English is apparently not that good.) Terribly drunk or terribly hung over? Terribly drunk is easy to solve: Drink less :-) (I don't drink whisky from a beer glass. Usually, the amount of Whisky is less then 1/8th of the amount of beer I would drink, therefore less overall alcohol.)
Hung over would make me ask, what whisky are you drinking. With single malt scotch I never had that problem.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 06 2017, @01:52PM
Shitfaced usually happens right after your memory for the night hangs up on the logfile.
(Score: 2) by lentilla on Tuesday February 07 2017, @05:23AM
"shitfaced": excessively inebriated.
Drunk as a skunk, pissed, plastered. Three sheets to the wind. Or; somewhat more politely; "rather jolly" or that most fabulous of phrases: "tired and emotional".