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After a relatively late discovery of Eliot, at University College, Dublin, Mr Donoghue's maturation as a reader of poetry was also the maturing of his understanding of Eliot.
But whether the name change means obliteration or maturation , we should not make the mistake of imagining that it means nothing at all.
As an experiment, Maker's Mark swapped barrels with a Scottish distiller to see how much the environments of the two places affected the whisky's maturation.
This difference is exactly as it should be; most Scottish distillers don't even want new barrels since the flavours from the wood would overpower the character of their distillate.At the same time, many distillers are coming to see the value of introducing different woods into the maturation process.
In those days, the advantages of ageing were not yet appreciated, and the result is a distinctive spirit that includes subtle flavours that would otherwise be lost during maturation.
Maker's Mark, a small but notable distillery in Kentucky, stores its freshly filled barrels in the top half of its warehouses for the first three years of their lives, and then moves them down to the lower half for the remaining period of maturation.
The Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, run by unabashed tinkerers, is continually experimenting to see which variables during production and maturation produce which results.
This is the reactive phase of maturation , when the extracted chemicals interact with one another within the spirit.
Dr Crow, a physician with an interest in chemistry, was an early researcher into the distillation and maturation of whisky, and is credited with refining the use of "sour mash setback", a way to achieve consistent batches of the mash which, after fermentation is complete, is then distilled.
The role of the whisky maker is to control that evolution as best he can, in order to arrive at a product that his customers will recognise as distinctive of his distillery.The maturation of most whisky, regardless of that whisky's home, begins in the oak forests of the American South.
But behavioural economics has grown up, and part of its maturation is to show that no, not anything goes.
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The noun "maturation" functions primarily to denote the process of becoming mature . It describes the stages and changes involved in reaching full development, whether in a biological, intellectual, or emotional context. As Ludwig AI indicates, it is grammatically correct and widely applicable.
Expression frequency: Very common
