Treatment of beverages to reduce the effects of noxious constituents

An apparatus for treating beverages, comprising:

• a container having an ion exchange matrix held therein, wherein:
• at least part of the container includes a screen that prevents the passage of ion exchange matrix there-through and permits the passage of a beverage there-through, wherein the of ion exchange matrix includes a mixture of cation exchange beads and anion exchange beads, and
• the ion exchange matrix includes a mixture of cation exchange beads and anion exchange beads each capable of binding to one or more cationic or anionic constituents in the beverage, wherein the cationic or anionic constituents have a noxious effect on humans.

A beverage, comprising:

• a treated volume of a liquid alcoholic beverage that has been exposed to an ion exchange matrix that includes a mixture of cation exchange beads and anion exchange beads capable of binding one or more noxious ionic constituents present in the beverage, wherein the treated volume of liquid has a total sulfite concentration reduced by at least about 25 percent, or, a total histamine concentrations reduced by at least about 25 percent as compared to an untreated volume of the liquid alcoholic beverage.