EP 3788129 A4 20220126 - METHOD FOR RAPID MATURATION OF DISTILLED SPIRITS USING LIGHT AND HEAT PROCESSES
Title (en)
METHOD FOR RAPID MATURATION OF DISTILLED SPIRITS USING LIGHT AND HEAT PROCESSES
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUR SCHNELLEN REIFUNG VON SPIRITUOSEN MITTELS LICHT UND WÄRMEVERFAHREN
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ POUR LE VIEILLISSEMENT RAPIDE D'EAUX-DE-VIE DISTILLÉES FAISANT APPEL À DES PROCÉDÉS LUMINEUX ET THERMIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201815969233 A 20180502
- US 2019030399 W 20190502
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2019213394A1] An improved system and process for rapidly producing distilled spirits having characteristics associated with a much longer maturation process is provided. The method involves contacting wood with an amount of unmatured distilled spirit under heated conditions and contacting the resulting heat-treated spirit with actinic light. The disclosure provides embodiments where a spirit is sequentially processed through heat and actinic light treatment. The disclosure also provides embodiments where a heat-treated spirit is mixed with a spirit that has been separately treated with light to give characteristics of a mature spirit. Air may also be percolated through a mature spirit in a container with a headspace at a gauge pressure between about -25 inHg and about -30 inHg, until the alcohol concentration of the mature spirit is reduced by between about 1% to about 2% by volume, and until the total volume of the mature spirit is reduced by about 10% or less.
IPC 8 full level
C12G 3/07 (2006.01); C12H 1/16 (2006.01); C12H 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
C12G 3/07 (2019.01); C12H 1/165 (2013.01); C12H 1/18 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] US 2017233688 A1 20170817 - DAVIS BRYAN ALEXANDER [US]
- See references of WO 2019213394A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2019213394 A1 20191107; EP 3788129 A1 20210310; EP 3788129 A4 20220126; JP 2021522856 A 20210902
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2019030399 W 20190502; EP 19796419 A 20190502; JP 2021510281 A 20190502