Process for reducing alcohol levels in alcoholic beverages
AssigneeSociete Cool S.A.R.L.
InventorsGeorges Berrebi, Yvan Gaillard, Jean-Louis Guth
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Abstract
Passing an alcoholic beverage through a solid substance that has pores whose diameter allows only ethyl alcohol to pass through and fixes said alcohol by adsorption, said solid substance being either a Y-type zeolite or a monolithic-type microporous substance. In the beverage from which alcohol is partially or totally removed, the process makes it possible to retain in their entirety the molecules that are responsible in particular for the color, the aroma, and the taste of wine, and in particular cliousclatine and/or trypotophan.
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A process for the removal of at least a portion of alcohol contained in an alcoholic beverage, comprising contacting said beverage with a carafe or glass containing thereon a porous, hydrophobic solid specifically adsorbing ethanol and other alcohols with a molecular weight equal to or less than ethanol and not tryptophan and cliousclatine, producing a lower alcohol beverage, and regenerating said solid by heating, in a dishwasher.
A process for the removal of at least a portion of alcohol contained in an alcoholic beverage, comprising contacting said beverage immediately prior to consumption with a carafe or glass containing thereon a porous, hydrophobic solid specifically adsorbing ethanol and other alcohols with a molecular weight equal to or less than ethanol and not tryptophan and cliousclatine, thereby producing a lower alcohol beverage.
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