Method and apparatus for the production of distilled spirits
OwnerPawel Kolodziejak, Jozef Zukowskiinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for filtering an aged distilled spirit to produce an alcoholic beverage. In one embodiment, the spirit is aged for several years in one or more oak lined casks to impart flavoring. Any color imparted during the aging step is subsequently removed via filtering. Diamond filtration can also be employed to improve taste and texture.
Claims10
A method of producing an aged filtered distilled spirit:
- comprising the following steps:
- fermenting a volume of farmer's rye, whereby alcohol is produced as a by-product;
- distilling the alcohol to remove impurities, increase concentration and produce an alcohol distillate;
- diluting the alcohol distillate with demineralized water to produce a distillate with an alcohol content of approximately 65% by volume;
- providing first and second oak lined barrels, with the first barrel being substantially larger than the second;
- aging the alcohol distillate in the first barrel for a first time period;
- transferring the alcohol distillate from the first barrel to the second barrel and aging the alcohol distillate for a second time period, wherein the first time period is longer than the second time period;
- filtering the aged alcohol distillate through a polypropylene column filter with a mesh diameter of between 5 microns and 0.2 microns to remove any impurities resulting from the aging;
- fractionally distilling the aged alcohol distillate whereby an intermediate fraction is separated from initial and final fractions and retained for further processing;
- diluting the retained alcohol distillate with demineralized water to produce an alcohol content of 40% by volume;
- providing a glass container housing a filter medium of loose diamonds;
- delivering the retained alcohol distillate to the glass container whereby the diamonds are placed in suspension and the retained alcohol distillate is filtered by the diamonds to improve taste;
- filtering the retained alcohol distillate to remove any impurities resulting from the diamond filtration.
A method of processing alcohol to produce a distilled spirit, the method comprising the following steps:
- distilling an alcohol to produce an alcohol distillate;
- providing a filtering apparatus that includes a container housing a plurality of diamonds, wherein the diamonds are used as a filter medium;
- filtering the alcohol distillate with the diamonds of the filtering apparatus to produce a distilled spirit with improved taste and texture.
A method of processing alcohol to produce a distilled spirit, the method comprising the following steps:
- distilling an alcohol to produce an alcohol distillate;
- aging the alcohol distillate for at least two years;
- fractionally distilling the alcohol distillate to remove any coloring and obtain an intermediate fraction, whereby the intermediate fraction is retained for further processing;
- filtering the retained alcohol distillate to remove any impurities added during the aging step.
A method of processing an alcohol distillate comprising:
- aging the distillate to impart a flavor;
- filtering the distillate a first time to remove any impurities or coloring resulting from the aging step;
- filtering the distillate a second time with a filter medium consisting of a plurality of diamonds, wherein the diamonds improve the taste and texture of the alcohol distillate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.