Method and apparatus for treating and producing non-wine alcoholic beverages with reduced noxious constituents

A method of treating a non-wine alcoholic beverage, comprising:

• after production and bottling of a non-wine alcoholic beverage, exposing the non-wine alcoholic beverage to an ion exchange matrix that includes a mixture of cation exchange media and anion exchange media that comprise:
• (1) cation exchange media that are in hydrogen form,
• (2) cation exchange media that are in potassium mineral form,
• (3) anion exchange media that are in hydroxide form, and
• (4) anion exchange media that are in chloride mineral form,
• wherein the exposing results in:
• binding ions of the mixture to one or more cationic or anionic constituents present in the non-wine alcoholic beverage;
• reducing concentration of the one or more cationic or anionic constituents in the non-wine alcoholic beverage;
• and
• maintaining a conductivity of the non-wine alcoholic beverage equal to or greater than a pretreatment conductivity value of the non-wine alcoholic beverage measured prior to exposure of the cation and anion exchange media of (1), (2), (3) and (4), and, wherein the ion exchange matrix further includes anti-allergenic ingredient including one or more of anti-histamines or vasoconstrictors bound thereto, the anti-allergenic ingredient being released from the ion exchange matrix when the non-wine alcoholic beverage is exposed to the ion exchange matrix.