Development of a predictive computational model of whisky flavour compound extraction from wood as a function of environmental conditions

开发从木材中提取威士忌风味化合物作为环境条件函数的预测计算模型

• 批准号: 538435-2019
• 负责人: Gauld, James
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=680482
• 关键词: Development; predictive; computational; model; whisky

Odd Society Spirits is a small batch distiller in Vancouver BC specializing in the production of premium whiskies, gins, and liquors with a strong sense of place. They make all of their product on site and sell both through their tasting room and through a number of BC alcohol retailers. This grant supports a new partnership between the Distillery and the University of Windsor to use modern computational methods to better determine what impact various environmental and maturation conditions will have on the ageing of a spirit in a barrel. Whisky maturation is a complex process through which the complex flavour compounds in the oak are slowly extracted into the spirit by the alcohol. Better understanding how this process works will help the distillery better determine the type of barrel to be used and will provide improved confidence in selecting the types of barrels to be used for spirits that will be aged for a long time. Central to this work is the close collaboration between the academic and industrial partners. The distillers at the company (including a PhD in chemistry and an MSc from Heriot-Watt University, the world's current leading institution for spirits research) will provide experimental data to train and validate the computational model being developed by Dr. Gauld. This project is expected to provide a useful predictive tool that will provide distillers with additional confidence that their raw spirit will age in the expected fashion decreasing the risk involved in preparing older, more complicated spirits. This certainty will provide a better product and allow the company to expand their staff faster than otherwise expected.

奇怪的社会烈酒是温哥华卑诗省温哥华的一家小批量蒸馏器，专门生产具有强烈地位感的优质威士忌，杜松子酒和酒。他们在现场制作所有产品，并通过品尝室和许多BC酒精零售商出售。该赠款支持酿酒厂和温莎大学之间的新合作伙伴关系，以使用现代计算方法更好地确定各种环境和成熟条件将对桶中的精神老化产生什么影响。威士忌成熟是一个复杂的过程，通过酒精将橡木中的复杂风味化合物缓慢提取到精神中。更好地了解此过程的工作原理将有助于酿酒厂更好地确定要使用的枪管的类型，并可以提高信心选择用于长期老化的精神的桶类型。这项工作的核心是学术和工业伙伴之间的密切合作。该公司的酿酒师（包括化学博士学位和Heriot-Watt University的硕士学位，全球目前的精神研究机构）将提供实验数据，以培训和验证Gauld博士开发的计算模型。预计该项目将提供一个有用的预测工具，该工具将使蒸馏器的原始精神以预期的方式衰老，从而降低准备较老，更复杂的精神所涉及的风险。这种确定性将提供更好的产品，并允许公司比其他预期更快地扩展员工。