RU2435840C2 - Vodka production method - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: one produces two or more water-alcohol mixtures by way of mixing ethyl alcohol and water. Each water-alcohol mixture is purified with a different absorbent and filtered; then the mixtures are blended. During the water-alcohol mixtures preparation one may use ethyl alcohol and water of varied purification degree.

EFFECT: invention enables production of vodka with varied individual organoleptic properties due to simultaneous usage of different compositions of water-alcohol mixture and absorbents for purification of the latter, imparting storage stability to them, as well as vodkas range extension.

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Description

The invention relates to the technology of vodka production.

The preparation of a water-alcohol mixture (sorting) in the distillery industry is one of the most important, despite the apparent simplicity, operations in the processes of obtaining high-quality vodkas. It is noted that the subsequent addition of water or alcohol after preliminary mixing (blending) in order to bring the resulting sorting to the required strength has a negative effect on the organoleptic characteristics of the finished product.

Sorting, prepared by mixing alcohol and water, is an intermediate product. Only after treatment with an adsorbent does it acquire the taste and aroma characteristic of vodka.

A known method for the production of vodka, including water treatment with activated carbon, preparation of sorting, sorting cleaning, filtering and bottling (SU 1399339, 1985).

The disadvantage of this method is the low degree of purification of vodka from fusel oils, esters, aldehydes and methanol.

A known method of producing vodka, including continuous simultaneous preparation and cleaning of activated carbon sorting, filtering it and filling the finished product, while the mixture is additionally mixed with rye flour, rye crackers, egg white, which is obtained by brewing rye flour and crackers with water at a temperature of 80- 90 ° C, cooling to room temperature and introducing with stirring egg white (see RU 2074242 C1, 02.27.1997).

The disadvantage of this method is the complex composition of the adsorbent and the low degree of purification of vodka from fusel oils, esters, aldehydes and methanol.

The closest analogue is the method of producing vodka, which involves preparing a sorting by mixing water with alcohol, cleaning the sorting with modified starch in a sorting vat, settling the mixture, decanting it, preliminary and final filtration and bottling, characterized in that after preliminary filtration, the sorting is additionally purified by introducing into it powdered activated carbon in an amount of 0.6-1.5 kg per 1000 gave, and preliminary and final filtration wasp they are placed on the same filter, using a layer of modified starch accumulated during preliminary filtration as the filtering material during the final filtration, while citric acid and sugar are added to the sorting, respectively, during the cleaning process with modified starch and powdered activated carbon, and in finished vodka after final filtration - water-alcohol infusion of the first discharge of rye malt (see RU 2120988 A, 10.27.1998).

The disadvantage of the closest analogue is the lack of originality in the taste and aroma of vodka, which worsens its organoleptic characteristics, as well as the low degree of purification of vodka.

The objective of the invention is to improve the quality of vodka, the creation of new vodkas with various individual organoleptic characteristics.

The problem is solved in that the method of producing vodka, including the preparation of sorting and its purification, is characterized in that two or more sortings are prepared, each of which is cleaned with various adsorbents, the resulting sortings are filtered and then blended.

Each sort uses a variety of alcohol and water.

The technical result of the proposed method is to obtain vodkas with various individual organoleptic characteristics, giving them stability during storage, as well as expanding the range of vodkas.

When cleaning sorting, adsorbents not only remove undesirable substances present in alcohol, but also saturate the sorting with substances characteristic of each adsorbent, giving vodka individual organoleptic properties. In the inventive method, several sorts are prepared, each of which is purified with a specific adsorbent. Each adsorbent is capable of sorbing soluble organic substances contained in the sorting (water-alcohol mixture), especially those with a high molecular weight, which adversely affect the organoleptic properties of vodka, as well as sparingly soluble compounds that can lead to the formation of turbidity. Moreover, each processed sorting has individual organoleptic properties and the content of undesirable substances is within the limits necessary for the production of vodka. The resulting sortings are separately filtered and then blended (mixed). The resulting vodka has individual organoleptic properties, manifested by mixing several grades purified by various adsorbents, due to the mutual activation of the components of the sorting of biochemical substances.

Separate cleaning of sorts allows you to create the most favorable conditions for obtaining new vodkas with various individual organoleptic characteristics due to the synergistic action of the above methods.

It should be noted that in the closest analogue the sorting is cleaned in two successive stages, that is, after the use of one adsorbent, the second adsorbent is purified. When this occurs, the removal of all useful substances, which saturates the sorting of the first adsorbent, which is excluded in the claimed method.

The proposed method is as follows.

Two or more sortings are prepared by mixing ethyl alcohol and water, using different alcohols and water. Each sorting is subjected to separate cleaning with various adsorbents, the resulting sortings are subjected to separate filtering, and then blended (mixed).

The invention is illustrated by the following examples, which, however, do not cover, and even more so do not limit the entire scope of the claims of this invention.

Example 1 (described in the closest analogue).

Crystal Spring vodka is prepared from rectified ethyl alcohol "Extra" and corrected water with added sugar, rye malt extract and citric acid. A water-alcohol solution (sorting) is prepared in such a way as to obtain vodka with a strength of 40%. After mixing the alcohol and water, the modified starch is added to the sorting tub at the rate of 120 l of 2.5% modified starch per 1000 yields of sorting or 0.03% in terms of dry starch. Citric acid dissolved in softened water is introduced into a sorting vat. The resulting mixture of water, alcohol, modified starch is stirred for 45 minutes and incubated for 20 hours. After settling is completed, the sorting is removed from the precipitate by decantation and pumped to the Progress filter press. The filtered aqueous-alcoholic liquid is sent to a finishing vat, where activated powdered carbon is added at the rate of 0.8 g per 1000 decaliters. Sugar, dissolved in softened water, is introduced into the finishing vat in an amount of 17.25 liters. A mixture of aqueous-alcoholic liquid and powdered coal is stirred for 45 minutes and incubated for 60 minutes. Vodka is removed from the precipitate by decantation and sent for filtration to a Progress filter press, where sorting was previously filtered after treatment with modified starch.

Ready vodka is a transparent liquid, the taste is soft, inherent to vodka, the aroma is characteristic of vodka, from which the wheat spirit embedded in alcohol is removed.

Example 2

In the first water-alcohol sorting with a strength of 45%, powdered charcoal is added as adsorbent from drinking fixed water and rectified ethyl alcohol of the “Extra” grade. In the second sorting with a strength of 45%, vegetable protein is introduced as an adsorbent from drinking water and rectified ethyl alcohol of the Lux variety, then the sortings are filtered and blended.

Ready vodka is a clear liquid, the taste is soft, inherent to vodka with a slight aftertaste of wheat, the aroma is characteristic of wheat vodka.

Example 3

Modified starch is introduced into the first water-alcohol sorting with a strength of 45% from drinking corrected water and rectified ethyl alcohol of the Extra grade. In the second sorting with a strength of 45%, milk protein is introduced as an adsorbent from drinking water and rectified ethyl alcohol of the “Lux” variety. In the third sorting with a strength of 45%, drinking carbonated water and rectified ethyl alcohol of the highest purification make carbon-containing fiber as an adsorbent, then the resulting sortings are filtered and blended.

Ready vodka is a clear liquid, the taste is soft, inherent to vodka with a slight aftertaste of wheat, the aroma is characteristic of wheat vodka.

The proposed method for the production of vodka allows you to get individual organoleptic characteristics due to the joint use of different sorting compositions and adsorbents for cleaning sorts, the resulting vodka is stable during storage and expand the range of vodkas.

Claims (2)

1. A method of producing vodka, including the preparation, purification of the sorting followed by filtration and blending, characterized in that two or more sortings are prepared, each of which is cleaned separately by a specific adsorbent, then the sortings are filtered and then blended. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the sorting is prepared from alcohol and water of various degrees of purification.