ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PRODUCTION METHOD Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC C12H1/22 C12G3/06 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: one produces a colouring and flavouring base; for this purpose alcohol extract (65-96.6 vol. %) of oak timber produced of thermally treated timber or of an alcohol extract of dry agents previously produced by vapour-and-water extraction, with aroma-forming substances content 40-1000 mg/dm³ and phenolic substances content = 600-2500 mg/dm³, and caramel colouring agent are mixed in an amount providing for the weight ratio of aroma-forming and phenolic substances to dry substances of the colouring agent to be 0.003-0.09:0.007-0.23:1. The mixture is carefully stirred and filtered, concentrated till dry substances weight ratio is 60.0-68.5% in a rotary film evaporator under vacuum at a residual pressure of no more than 0.04 MPa. Alcohol is recovered and utilised. One prepares a blend of ethyl alcohol, ingredients and the colouring and flavouring base in an amount of 1 to 4 g/l of the beverage. The pouring resistant beverage is filtered with subsequent pouring. The taste grade of the finished beverage is increased by 0.2-0.3 points.

EFFECT: one enhances the finished product quality, possibility to produce beverages which are stable and regulated in terms of quality because aroma-forming, phenolic and colouring components content therein provides for the required permanent organolepticl properties, prevents precipitation in the process of storage which enhances the beverage stability by a factor of 2-3 which also affects the beverage quality.

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