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ZHAW students develop the drum storage system of the future

ZHAW students Ivan Krajinovic and Lars Müggler have developed the "Barrel Storage 4.0". It enables optimal maturation of whiskey distillates.

An intense aroma of peat, a bit of leather and hay wafts from the 180 wooden barrels made of American white oak into the premises of the Macardo distillery in the canton of Thurgau. However, the barrels contain not only whiskey, but also a lot of technology. Sensors measure the climatic conditions in the wooden tanks.

This is because during years of storage, environmental factors such as temperature and humidity influence the maturation process of the whiskey. Since different conditions sometimes prevail within a cellar, this can lead to different volume percentages in the distillates of the individual barrels after a few years. The distillers, however, want a homogeneous product, as pure and uniform as possible.

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Author: Jan Andrin Stolz

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Drum storage 4.0
Drum storage 4.0
Drum storage 4.0
Drum storage 4.0