Provided are a sparkling beverage having excellent foam properties and a method for the same. A sparkling beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention has a ratio of a nitrogen content (ppm) to an extract (w/v %) of less than 28.0. A method of improving foam properties of a sparkling beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention includes adjusting a ratio of a nitrogen content (ppm) to an extract (w/v %) of a sparkling beverage to less than 28.0, to thereby improve foam properties of the sparkling beverage.

The present invention describes methods and devices in which concentrated beverage products, each packaged in a pressurized container, can be combined with liquids and/or other ingredients to produce one or more servings of a beverage. These products provide users with a convenient way to prepare both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (including carbonated beverages) in various serving sizes and quantities by combining the pressurized beverage concentrate with (possibly carbonated) liquids and other ingredients.

The present invention describes methods and devices in which concentrated beverage products, each packaged in a pressurized container, can be combined with liquids and/or other ingredients to produce one or more servings of a beverage. These products provide users with a convenient way to prepare both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (including carbonated beverages) in various serving sizes and quantities by combining the pressurized beverage concentrate with (possibly carbonated) liquids and other ingredients.

Disclosed herein are techniques and methods for dispersing a volume of gas in a beverage contained in an unpressurized container.

Examples disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for controllably removing one or more solutes from a solution. Examples disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for removing water from alcoholic beverages.

The invention relates to a method for the production of hulupones, in particular for the production of hulupones products, suitable for beer bittering, essentially free of compounds, typically formed as side-products during the lupulones oxidation, that can cause negative impact in terms of aroma, taste or haze upon brewing application. The invention also relates to hulupones products, suitable for beer bittering and obtainable by the method of the invention, essentially free of compounds with negative aroma, taste or haze impact upon addition of the hulupones products during the brewing process. The invention also relates to beer bittering with hulupones products, obtainable by the method of the invention, not causing an undesirable or unacceptable aroma, taste or haze impact in the bittered beer.

A method of processing a liquid including adding an antifoam to a process liquid, and after adding the antifoam, continuously feeding the process liquid through one or more cross-flow filter membrane configured for cross-flow filtration, wherein the antifoam includes a mixture of (A) a vegetable oil and (B) an organic emulsifier or surfactant. The antifoam may, for example, not contain silicone.

A method of processing a liquid including adding an antifoam to a process liquid, and after adding the antifoam, continuously feeding the process liquid through one or more cross-flow filter membrane configured for cross-flow filtration, wherein the antifoam includes a mixture of (A) a vegetable oil and (B) an organic emulsifier or surfactant. The antifoam may, for example, not contain silicone.

A fining formulation/agent contains pectin, particularly, low-methoxy pectin, and yeast extract. A method of fining beverages, particularly beers and wines, including adding the fining formulation/agent to a beverage, particularly during a fermented beverage manufacturing process.

A system and method of controlling a concentration of one or more gases dissolved in a beverage is shown. The system includes a saturation tank having a gas head space, a brite tank, and a beverage supply system to pass the beverage between the saturation tank and the brite tank. A beverage supersaturated with the gas from the head space is formed in the saturation tank. The supersaturated beverage is passed from the saturation tank to the brite tank. Once the amount of gas added to the beverage exceeds saturation, some of the gas escapes from solution from the beverage and the pressure in the brite tank increases. Once the pressure within the brite tank reaches a pre-defined pressure, a pump supplying the beverage to the saturation tank is shut-off and the inlet and outlet valves of the brite tank are closed.