ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,593, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to American Metal Whiskey LLC (Danbury, Conn.).
"Sonic infusion of alcohol" was invented by Chris Bishop (Ridgefield, Conn.), Randy Carlson (Ridgefield, Conn.) and James Greco (Whitestone, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to treat spirits with sound, the system including a wooden barrel configured to hold the spirits, at least one speaker, the speaker being configured to play a repeated pattern of sound into the spirits inside the barrel, the repeated pattern of sound being configured to cause the spirits to move inside the barrel in at least one waveform at a determined harmonic point...