A method of accelerating liquor aging process includes acts of preparing a
liquor having by-products, preparing a nano-gold surface by sputtering
gold nanoparticles onto a substrate, barreling the liquor and the
nano-gold surface into a barrel, circulating the liquor and removing a
product of artificially aged liquor. The liquor is circulated by a pump
for increased rate of diffusion and incidences of collision between the
by-products and nano-gold surface. The gold nanoparticles serve as a
catalyst to promote oxidation of by products including formaldehyde,
acetaldehyde and fusel alcohols in the liquor into organic acids and
esterification of organic acids to accelerate the liquor aging process of
the. After the product is removed, the nano-gold surface can be recycled.
The gold nano-particles do not aggregate or precipitate in the liquor,
therefor, perform more predictably so reduce manufacturing costs and
improve consistency of manufacture.