May 2023

GC/MS analysis of traditional barrel aged whisky and whisky treated with accelerated aging techniques

Accelerated aging techniques are an ongoing frontier in the production of whisky because they do not require traditional barrel aging methods to mature. Whisky samples from the Jack Daniels family as well as whisky from Elkins Distilling Co. that used accelerated aging techniques were tested by direct injection Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Chromatograms of samples were analyzed against NIST mass spectra to...

Author(s): Joe T. Elkins and Heather A. Heinz