article_snippet: But there's a wooden tool that saves time and money called ‘Whiskey Element,’ which claims to be able to make cheap liquor taste expensive in just 24 hours.
article_snippet: Whiskey Element claims to make cheap alcohol taste like expensive whiskey by infusing Whiskey Element with a woody flavour when placed in a decanter (pictured)
article_snippet: To test the product, the inventors put the inventors sticks through the inventors paces in the lab, where the inventors compared top shelf whiskey costing over $100 a bottle that had been aged for over 10 years, with cheaper versions treated with a Whiskey Element.
article_snippet: the inventors analysed the chemicals found in expensive and cheap whisky.
article_snippet: Researchers found that the cheap bottles contained high levels of Methoxy-phenyl-Oxime – found in pig and mouse faeces – and Acetaldehyde, a compound blamed for hangovers.
article_snippet: In comparison, the expensive aged bottles contained almost none of either.
article_snippet: Researchers showed characteristics found in top-shelf aged whiskeys with notably higher levels of the chemicals responsible for good flavours and smells, as well as a significant reduction in Methoxy-phenyl-Oxime and Acetaldehyde.