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OwnerTrevor Strydom, Michael Van Niekerk +1inventors
InventorsTrevor Strydom, Michael Van Niekerk, Oliver Ghai
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According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided an improved process for the manufacture of an alcoholic beverage, including the steps of providing a sugar source, subjecting the sugar source to at least one instance of fermentation, and simultaneously adding plant material of the family Fabaceae during the step of fermentation, thereby potentiating extraction of extractable compounds from the plant material, useful in imparting a unique flavour and aroma to the alcoholic beverage. The alcoholic beverage may be a wine, beer or cider beverage.
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A process for manufacturing an alcoholic beverage comprising fermenting a sugar source in the presence of a plant material selected from at least one of Aspalathus linearis (rooibos), Cyclopia (honeybush), Athrixia phylicoides (Bush Tea), and the Family Asteraceae.
The process of 32, wherein fermenting the sugar source in the presence of the plant material potentiates at least one of a flavour, an aroma, and a mouthfeel to the alcoholic beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.