Methods of making modified alcohol containing products
AssigneeSpirited Bevtech LLC
InventorsDevin Grant Peterson, Smaro Kokkinidou
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit, comprising contacting a corresponding starting distilled alcoholic spirit with a base under conditions that cause at least one free carbonyl compound in the starting distilled alcoholic spirit to be reduced, to provide the modified distilled alcoholic spirit that has at an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least 15%. Certain embodiments also provide a modified distilled alcoholic spirit prepared by the methods described herein.
Claims26
A method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit that comprises an acetal or hemiacetal of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin, comprising contacting a corresponding starting distilled alcoholic spirit comprising cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin with a base under conditions that cause the cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin to be converted to a corresponding acetal or hemiacetal, thereby providing the modified distilled alcoholic spirit, wherein the modified distilled alcoholic spirit is a whiskey, rum, brandy, tequila, soju, gin or baiju that has an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least about 15%.
A method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit, comprising contacting a corresponding starting distilled alcoholic spirit comprising cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin with abase selected from the group consisting of sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate and potassium bicarbonate, under conditions that cause the cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin to be converted to a corresponding acetal or hemiacetal, thereby providing the modified distilled alcoholic spirit, wherein the modified distilled alcoholic spirit is a whiskey, rum, brandy, tequila, soju, gin or baiju that has an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least about 15%.
A method for preparing a modified whisky that comprises an acetal or hemiacetal of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin and that has an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least about 15% comprising, contacting a starting whisky that comprises cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin with a base under conditions that cause the cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin to be converted to a corresponding acetal or hemiacetal to provide the modified whisky that comprises an acetal or hemiacetal of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin and that has an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least about 15%.
A method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit that comprises an acetal or hemiacetal of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin, comprising treating a starting distilled alcoholic spirit to increase the amount of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin to provide a treated distilled alcoholic spirit having an increased amount of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin;
- contacting the treated distilled alcoholic spirit with a base under conditions that increase the pH of the treated distilled alcoholic spirit from a range of about 3.0 to about 5.5 to a range of about 6.0 to about 8.5 to cause the cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin to be converted to a corresponding acetal or hemiacetal, thereby providing the modified distilled alcoholic spirit, wherein the modified distilled alcoholic spirit is a whiskey, rum, brandy, tequila, soju, gin or baiju that has an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least about 15%.
A method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit that comprises an acetal or hemiacetal of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin, comprising treating a starting distilled alcoholic spirit to increase the amount of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin to provide a treated distilled alcoholic spirit having an increased amount of cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin;
- contacting the treated distilled alcoholic spirit with a base selected from the group consisting of sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate and potassium bicarbonate, under conditions that cause the cinnamic aldehyde and/or vanillin to be converted to a corresponding acetal or hemiacetal, thereby providing the modified distilled alcoholic spirit, wherein the modified distilled alcoholic spirit is a whiskey, rum, brandy, tequila, soju, gin or baiju that has an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least about 15%.
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