Clarified fermented beverages, and a method thereof
AssigneeMark Anthony International SRL
InventorsDavid G. Fox, Anthony C. Vieira, Jacob M. Mattson
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Abstract
A system and method in a process for making a fermented beverage (FB), such as a bright beer, and producing a clarified FB, using a caustic dosing system to neutralize naturally-present organic acids typically present in a the fermented beverage (such as a bright beer) to the salt forms of the organic acids, and removing or separated the salts to form the clarified fermented beverage or clarified bright beer.
Claims27
A method of producing a clarified fermented beverage having a reduced or negligible level of organic acids, by neutralizing and removing organic acidic contaminants from a fermented beverage solution, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a fermented beverage solution comprising at least one organic acidic contaminant;
- b. treating the fermented beverage solution by neutralizing the at least one organic acidic contaminant, by adding into the fermented beverage solution a sufficient amount of an alkaline treating agent to convert within the fermented beverage solution substantially all of the at least one organic acidic contaminant within the fermented beverage solution into a salt of the at least one organic acid contaminant, and forming a treated fermented beverage comprising the salt of the at least one organic acid contaminant;
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- c. separating the salt of the at least one organic acid contaminant formed in step (b) from the treated fermented beverage solution, thereby producing a clarified fermented beverage having a reduced or negligible level of organic acids.
A neutral malt base prepared from a bright beer, the neutral malt having a reduced or negligible level of organic acids relative to a level of the organic acids of the bright beer, the neutral malt base being colorless, odorless, flavorless and having a pH in the range of about 5.5 to about 6.5.
A method of producing a clarified bright beer having a reduced or negligible level of an acidic contaminant, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a bright beer comprising an acidic contaminant;
- b. adding an alkaline treating agent into the bright beer to neutralize within the bright beer the acidic contaminant, to form a neutralized bright beer containing a neutralized acidic contaminant;
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- c. removing the neutralized acidic contaminant from the neutralized bright beer of step (b), thereby producing the clarified bright beer having a reduced or negligible level of the acidic contaminant.
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