Influence of thermal treatment of wood on the aroma of a sugar cane spirit (cachaça) model-solution

The aging process of alcoholic beverages is generally conducted in wood barrels made with species from Quercus sp. Due to the high cost and the lack of viability of commercial production of these trees in Brazil, there is demand for new alternatives to using other native species and the incorporatio...

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Main Authors: Marta Helena Fillet Spoto, Marcelo Machado Leão, José Otávio Otávio Brito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos 2011-06-01
Series:Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612011000200022&lng=en&tlng=en