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Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'll-take-the-cheap-stuff dept.

Inventor Casey Jones says his creation uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of aging by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle. Mr. Jones said, "This machine can take your run-of-the-mill £3.99 bottle of plonk and turn it into a finest bottle of vintage tasting like it costs hundreds. It works on any alcohol that tastes better aged, even a bottle of paintstripper whisky can taste like an 8-year-aged single malt." The Ultrasonic Wine Ager, which looks like a Dr. Who ice bucket, takes 30 minutes to work and has already been given the thumbs up by an English winemaker. I know a certain special lady who is about to have the best bottle of Boone's Farm in the world.

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  1. Whiskey? by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You can age Whiskey in a bottle? I thought it stopped aging as soon as it goes into a glass container. It's one of the differences between itself and wine.

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    1. Re:Whiskey? by xgr3gx · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I think you're right. It's the barrel the does the aging.
      I saw a "Modern Marvels" episode about Whiskey. I recall them saying that aging a bottle of whiskey is pointless.
      If you age a bottle 8 year old whiskey for 2 years, you don't get 10 year old whiskey, you get a 2 year old bottle of 8 year whiskey.

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    2. Re:Whiskey? by tmosley · · Score: 4, Interesting

      If you put in some oak chips. Some home brewers and small wineries age their wine this way since they can't afford a full sized oak barrel.

    3. Re:Whiskey? by Colin+Smith · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Also... 8 year old malts *are* paintstripper. You need 12 years at an absolute minimum for something drinkable. Preferrably 15 or more years.

      Adding a few ml of warm water will reduce the catch at the back of the throat for those lesser beverages.
      Also, try with crystalised ginger to complement.

      Ice? Coke? Go on, get off my lawn.

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  2. It would be cool by InlawBiker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Were it true. But unfortunately you can't make bad wine into good wine just by aging it. It just becomes older bad wine.

    Typically the 'age-worthy' wines are made with the choice fruit, and are designed to age by balancing the acid content with the fruit content. As the fruit mellows over time so do the acids (tannins). It is an art as much as as it is a science.

    So call me a wine snob if you want, but I've tasted plenty of aged cheap wine and it's really not very good.

  3. 1963: American Society for Enology and Viticulture by slashkitty · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They didn't like the effects of ultrasound.. http://www.ajevonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/1/23

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  4. Ultrasonic waves are the new magnets by jandrese · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oh ultrasonic waves, is there anything people won't claim you can do? Had this device come out 5 or 10 years ago, it would have been exactly the same except the "ultrasonic waves" would have been replaced by magnets, because that was the in thing at the time. Colliding alcohol molecules? What in the world are they talking about?

    If this thing actually works as advertised I'll eat my hat.

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  5. Suspicious... by D'Eyncourt · · Score: 4, Interesting
    He said: "Casey took one of our bottles and brought it back for us to try after it had been in the machine. I was amazed, it had definitely aged.

    Hmm...odd that the bottle would have to leave and come back considering the "aging" device looks like it can be easily moved and takes only 30 minutes to perform its magic.