Patent ID: 6869630
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: C12G

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for processing an unaged or partially aged beverage comprising a closed system wherein the closed system comprises a beverage aging wood product such that a beverage passing through said system contacts said wood product; wherein said beverage-aging wood product is prepared by the process of: (i) comminuting raw, untreated wood into granules; (ii) heating said granules to a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 240° C. for a period of at least one hour; (iii) contacting the granules with a solution of aqueous ethanol containing from about 50% to about 95% ethanol at a temperature of up to about 55° C.; (iv) separating the granules from the solution; and (v) heating the granules to a temperature of up to about 220° C. for a period of at least about 15 minutes.