JPH0223859A - Alcoholic beverage - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the title beverage, with its water component frozen as spherical ice crystals, good in fluidity, capable of being readily taken out from a container such as a bottle and of giving favorable eating feel, based on, e.g., Japanese wine, fruit wine, liqueur. CONSTITUTION:For example, using a V-type mixer, a base wine is cooled at temperatures below its freezing point while retaining an agitating state enough not to attach ice crystals to the wall surface, thus obtaining the objective beverage with its water component frozen as spherical ice crystals.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) This invention relates to alcoholic beverages such as sake, fruit wine, and liqueurs.

(Prior art) In the field of sake, in order to preserve the fresh aroma and taste of freshly squeezed raw sake and provide it for consumption, the water content of sake has been frozen and made available for consumption. has been done.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, such "Frozen Sake J" is usually frozen in a stationary state after filling the sake in a container such as a pin to be provided to consumers, so ice crystals are It grows from the wall of the container toward the center of the container, and has a needle-like or thin cross-shaped shape.For this reason, when trying to remove frozen sake 1 from the container, it has poor fluidity, so use a stirring rod, etc. There were problems that needed to be resolved.

In addition, as mentioned above, ice crystals are needle-shaped or flaky, so when served for drinking in a partially thawed state, the texture is rough and the texture is not good. Even if the size is reduced to 0.1 or less, the texture becomes too smooth, and the ice crystals melt quickly during the day, making it impossible to obtain a very good texture. It had a point.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In view of the problems of the prior art described above, the alcoholic beverage of the present invention is constituted by freezing water in the form of approximately spherical ice crystals.

(Function) Since the water in the alcoholic beverage of the present invention is frozen as approximately spherical ice crystals, the degree of freedom of movement of the ice crystals floating in the alcohol content or the melted water is increased, Good fluidity can be obtained. Also, because of the spherical ice crystals, it has a smooth texture when consumed. Furthermore, since the surface area is minimized, the ice melting rate is slow, and since the shape is constant, the ice melting rate can be easily controlled by setting the diameter.

(Example) Next, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The figure is an enlarged schematic diagram of a part of an alcoholic beverage, with 1 to 1 showing spherical ice crystals, 2 showing alcohol and unfrozen water, and drinks other than these dissolved in alcohol and water. It is a liquid part that contains ingredients. Ice crystals 1 to 1 are suspended in liquid component 2, and each has a diameter of 0.05.
M to 1.0#I, preferably o, 1m1 to 0.5 shoes.

Since such ice crystals 1 to 1 have a spherical shape, the degree of freedom of movement in the liquid component is increased, and good fluidity can be obtained. Therefore, when taken out from a container such as a pin, the alcoholic beverage can smoothly flow out from the mouth of the container. Furthermore, since the ice crystals 1 to 1 are spherical, they have a smooth texture when consumed for drinking. Furthermore, since the spherical shape has the minimum surface area in the same volume,
Since the ice melting rate is slow and the shape is constant, it is easy to control the ice melting rate by setting the diameter, and in particular, as in this example, the diameter of ice crystals 1 to 1 is set to 0.05 m to 1.0 a++.
By setting the temperature to preferably 0.1 s to 0.5 m, the b-solution does not pass quickly or slowly during the day when used for drinking, and an extremely good texture can be obtained.

J3 The above-mentioned spherical ice crystals 1 to 1 can be produced, for example, by rotating a container containing an alcoholic beverage at a temperature below the freezing point of the alcoholic beverage, or by heating the alcohol or alcoholic beverage in the container below the freezing point. It can be obtained by stirring at a temperature of .

For example, alcohol containing spherical ice crystals can be produced by cooling using a type mixer at a temperature below the freezing point while maintaining sufficient agitation to prevent ice crystals from sticking to the wall of the container. It is possible to produce sexual drinks, and
Publication No. 9-102895, page 5, line 10 to page 6, line 1
It is impossible to manufacture the product targeted by this patent by the method of applying vibrations of 10 times/second on a conveyor as described in the above.

(Effects) Since the alcoholic beverage of the present invention has good fluidity, it can be easily taken out from a container such as a bottle without thawing the ice crystals, and a good texture can be obtained. 1 point to the right.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a schematic enlarged view of a part of an alcoholic beverage containing spherical ice crystals. 1-1 Crystal 1-1...Ice crystal

Claims (1)

[Claims] An alcoholic beverage characterized by freezing water into approximately spherical ice crystals.