PROCESS OF IMPROVING THE FLAVOUR AND AROMA OF LIQUOR

Abstract

The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor is an invention intended to mellow liquor flavours and aromas—like those of matured ones—and eliminate undesirable odours resulting from poor manufacturing process. The crux of the invention lies in a material which has unique properties and steps taken which include mixture preparation, selective optimisation of particles in liquor, separation of undesirable particles and arrangement of particles in liquor by relying on flow velocity, temperature, and electromagnetic field in controlling collision of particles in liquor. The output is liquor with rather unaltered physical appearance, ester and alcohol content, not causing irritated throat, burning stomach or nausea which results from uneven alcohol content throughout liquor's body. Besides, this process overcomes limitations of existing liquor treatment techniques; it does not bring more heavy metal residues to the output liquor or cause particles in liquor to become more volatile.

Claims

1. A process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor comprising: a. Mixture preparation wherein pressure is applied to break down clusters of particles into smaller clusters; b. Selective optimisation of particles in liquor; c. Separation of undesirable particles; d. Arrangement of particles in liquor.

2. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 1 wherein mixture preparation involves a material which is edible, odourless, flavourless to slightly bitter, solid, having molecular weight between 800-55000 Dalton, and immiscible with water.

3. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 1 wherein mixture preparation involves a gel composed of water and a material which is edible, odourless, flavourless to slightly bitter, solid, having molecular weight between 800-55000 Dalton, and immiscible with water.

4. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 3 wherein the gel is composed of water and the solid material in the proportion 20-45 gram of the solid material to 250 millilitre of water.

5. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 3 wherein mixture preparation involves adjusting concentration of the gel depending on alcohol content of the liquor.

6. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 1 wherein mixture preparation involves applying pressure to break down clusters of particles into smaller clusters in order to increase total surface area of substances in the mixture and to allowing particles to collide in various angles.

7. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 1 wherein selective optimisation of particles in liquor involves controlling temperature, flow velocity and applying magnetic field in order to cause collision and reactions of particles in liquor in separate parts.

8. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 7 wherein the temperature of each part is within a range between 5 and 35 degree Celcius.

9. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 1 wherein separation of undesirable particles involves controlling temperature, flow velocity and applying magnetic field in order to cause precipitation of undesirable particles.

10. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 1 wherein arrangement of particles in liquor is controlling temperature, flow velocity and applying magnetic field in order to induce consistent arrangement of particles within the liquor so as to prevent them from overly evaporating and to reduce damage to the body from receiving ethanol at abruptly increasing rate.

11. The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to claim 1 wherein the liquor after the process has unaltered physical appearance, ester and alcohol contents and has no heavy metal added as compared to before.

12. The liquor obtained by the process according to claim 1.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] Many aspects of the present disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

[0010] FIG. 1 includes a diagram elaborating steps of the invention process and important variables to be controlled.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0011] The crux of the present invention lies in the filtration material and the steps taken.

[0012] The filtration material is used for improving liquor's structure so that particles within are arranged harmoniously and consistently throughout liquor's body and for promoting precipitation of unappealing contaminant particles. The filtration material must be edible, immiscible with water, odourless and flavourless to slightly bitter. It is solid with more than 15 elements. It has molecular weight of 800-55000 Dalton.

[0013] The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to the present invention includes the steps:

[0014] 1. Mixture Preparation

[0015] In this step, the filtration material mentioned above is incorporated with the liquor by applying pressure to break various particles within into smaller clusters. The objective is to increase total surface area of substances in the mixture and to allowing particles to collide in any angles while preventing depletion of contents by evaporation. The sub-steps are as follows.

[0016] 1.1 Prepare the filtration material so that it becomes miscible with the liquor. The solid filtration material is mixed with water in the proportion 20-45 gram of the solid material to 250 millilitre of water. Applying pressure to incorporate the solid material and water into gel.

[0017] 1.2 Adjust concentration of the filtration material obtained from the previous sub-step prior to combining with the liquor. The concentration depends on alcohol content of the liquor, e.g., for a 61-65% ABV liquor, we dilute the gel with drinking water by a factor of approximately 20.

[0018] 1.3 Combine the filtration material with the liquor. We use 1 millilitre of the diluted gel filtration material per 1 kilogram of liquor. Apply pressure to break down clusters of particles in the mixture into smaller clusters.

[0019] 2. Selective Optimisation of Particles in Liquor

[0020] In this step, the mixture from the previous step is divided into parts. For each part, we apply magnetic field, control temperature and flow velocity where temperature must be controlled within a range between 5-35 degree Celcius. Particles of each part will collide and react appropriately at suitable rates.

[0021] 3. Separation of Undesirable Particles

[0022] In this step, each part of the output from the previous step is placed in a same container in which magnetic field, temperature and flow velocity are controlled. Undesirable contaminant particles, which may not be visible to naked eye, will congregate and precipitate. At this point, the sediment may be filtered out from the rest of the liquor.

[0023] 4. Arrangement of Particles in Liquor

[0024] After filtration, in a controlled temperature and flow velocity condition, we apply magnetic field to induce consistent arrangement of particles within the liquor so as to prevent them from overly evaporating and to reduce damage to the body from receiving ethanol at abruptly increasing rate.

[0025] The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to the present invention induces consistent arrangement of particles throughout liquor's body. Liquors after the process are characterised by mellow flavours and aromas without unpleasant odours, such as muddy or rancid smells, or heavy metal contaminants from any material used in the process, while their physical appearance, alcohol and ester contents remain unaltered.

[0026] The process of improving the flavour and aroma of liquor according to the present invention may be modified and altered within the scope of the invention.