METHOD OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TREATMENT Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: alcoholic beverage industry and wine making. SUBSTANCE: method involves introduction in alcoholic beverage of aqueous-alcoholic infusion of European walnut leaves in the amount of 0.1-2.0 ml per 1 l of beverage and mixing for 0.5-3.0 h. Aqueous-alcoholic infusion is prepared by washing European walnut leaves by cold water, drying them in closed ventilated place, pouring them with 45-50-% aqueous-alcoholic solution at the rate of 1 l of solution per 100 g of leaves, ageing for 15 days, infusion discharging and clarifying. EFFECT: increased organoleptical properties and stability of prepared product for shorter period of time, in particular, taste softening, removal of unpleasant odor.