METHOD OF MAKING AN ALCOHOLIC HONEY BEVERAGE (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC C12G3/02 C12H1/22 C12G3/07 

FIELD: chemistry; alcohol production.

SUBSTANCE: present invention involves preparation of a honey solution, fermentation of the solution using a yeast culture, filtration, distillation, obtaining crude alcohol and subsequent fractional distillation. When preparing the honey solution, sugar-containing products - sugar and/or molasses are also used besides the honey. The amount of honey is not less than 15% of the total mass of the sugar-containing products. Fermentation is carried out in two stages: at 16-30°C temperature in 6-8 days and at 3-5°C for 8-14 days. At the beginning of the second stage, an aqueous infusion of spice-aromatic plants is added. The spice-aromatic plants used can be ginger and/or cardamom, and/or coriander, and/or cloves, and/or cinnamon, and/or basil, and/or mint, and/or marjoram, and/or wormwood, and/or John's-wort, and/or caraway, and/or salvia. The crude alcohol obtained from distillation undergoes fractional distillation with extraction of distillate with 55-70 vol.% alcohol content, which, after settling, is diluted with pure water to 35-40 vol.% alcohol content. The crude alcohol can undergo rectification, obtaining a product with 90-96 vol.% alcohol content and subsequent dilution with pure water to 35-40 vol.% alcohol content. In a second version of the method, when preparing the honey solution, a concentrate of fruit or berry juice, in quantity of not less than 5% of the total mass of sugar-containing products, is used besides honey and sugar-containing products. The fermentation process is carried out in two stages: for 4-5 days at 20-22°C temperature and for 6-8 days at 3-5°C.

EFFECT: obtaining a wide assortment of high-quality strong alcoholic honey beverages with a pure fine taste due to use of different spice-aromatic plants and fruit-berry juice, as well as increasing the concentration of the state and aroma, stabilisation and strengthening of the taste of the beverage.

5 cl, 2 tbl, 10 ex