ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,023, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Brain Brew Ventures 3.0 Inc. (Newtown, Ohio).

"Alcoholic beverage and method of making the same" was invented by Douglas B. Hall (Newtown, Ohio), Bruce Forsee (Newtown, Ohio), Joseph M. Girgash (Newtown, Ohio) and James J. Beaupre (Glenburn, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an alcoholic beverage having the sensory characteristics of a traditionally aged distilled spirit. The method for making the alcoholic beverage includes introducing a ratio of wood chips to a distilled spirit and applying pressure to create interaction between the wood chips and distilled spirit....