Method of producing an alcoholic beverage having a fruity flavor
AssigneePernod Ricard
InventorsAudrey Joyce Dorsey, William James Marfell, Frank Benkwitz, Michael Johannes Harsch, Andrew Frost
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method of producing an alcoholic beverage by fermentation having flavor and taste of passion fruit and grapefruit, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: providing a gas stream containing hydrogen sulfide, bubbling the gas stream containing hydrogen sulfide into a grape juice and/or grape juice derived fractions prior to yeast inoculation, and/or during fermentation. The alcoholic beverage obtainable by the method can be chosen from the group constituted by wines, beers and spirits. Most preferably, the alcoholic beverage is a Sauvignon Blanc wine.
Claims8
A method of producing an alcoholic beverage by fermentation comprising:
- providing grape juice in a tank;
- introducing a gas stream comprising about 6 ppm to about 13 ppm hydrogen sulfide into the grape juice to cause bubbling of the grape juice;
- inoculating the bubbling grape juice with yeast to initiate fermentation;
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- continuing the fermentation to obtain the alcoholic beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.