WO2016173569A1

WO2016173569A1 - The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece and the way of its adjustment

Info

Publication number: WO2016173569A1
Application number: PCT/CZ2016/000051
Authority: WO
Inventors: Michal BOUZEK
Original assignee: Bouzek Michal
Priority date: 2015-04-29
Filing date: 2016-04-29
Publication date: 2016-11-03
Also published as: CZ2015296A3; EP3337886A1; CZ306124B6

Abstract

The solution concerns a wooden longitudinal profile chain piece for maturation and adjustment of a taste of an alcoholic beverage in stainless steel receptacles, which is characterized in that is consists from wooden base (1), from which protrude at least one bulkhead (2), while the base (1) is on each of the end provided with hole (3), the base (1) has oblong shape, from which upright protrude at one side five bulkheads (2), which free ends are beveled and between the bulkheads (2) are gaps (4). The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece is made from one piece of oak wood and may connect to the chain with connecting elements (5). The solution also concerns the way of adjustment of wooden longitudinal profile chain piece for maturation and modification of a taste of a alcoholic beverages in stainless steel receptacles, which is characterized in that crude oak article of the chain is disinfected, subsequently dries and dried is alternately dipped into water and alcohol of required taste, thereupon is left to rest at least for 10 days to ferment.

Description

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece and the way of its adjustment

Field of technology

The solution concerns a wooden longitudinal profile chain piece, and the way of its adjustment, which has a use especially in the food industry for fermenting and in adjustment of the taste of alcoholic beverages in stainless steel containers, particularly in the production of beer and wine.

The present situation of the technique

Currently beer and wine is still usually being made by traditional recipes, and verified techniques. Recipes are being transmitted to the next generations. The basic process of fermenting beer and wine is done best in wooden barrels, but lately metal barrels are also being used. Producers are trying to achieve the same taste of wine and beer in the metal barrels as if they were in the wooden barrels at any cost. The most suitable wood for barrels used to be oak wood, which is nowadays a very expensive material, and it's hand making is also costly. Therefore a replacement is trying to be found. Experts say, that while fermenting beer and wine in the metal barrels, both of the beverages gain an unwanted taste of a little bit of metal, and that sometimes discourages the consumers.

I know a document US 7357069 Bl, which especially in its first and sixth claim concerns devices for the preparation of liquids, which consists of a cylinder with a central longitudinal rod axis, on which there are fastened wooden discs or fiber, which are fixed on the end of the rod. The wooden discs are edited by a tan. This entire device is already a huge investment, which puts the price for the final liquid product higher, and that is unwanted, in addition it also doesn't enable the produce of a liquid product with flavors in the usually used stainless steel barrels.

The Document WO 2014/114827 Al mentions in the first claim a special bottle cork, which contains wooden chips that are in submerged in the alcoholic fluid in the bottle. But that doesn't solve the problem of the production of flavored alcoholic beverages in wholesale, because it only includes the making of a one bottle beverage, which comes in contact with the wooden chips only in the throat of the bottle.

The document US2011/0268S38 Al in the sixth claim comes only close to the principles of adjusting the beverages with a piece of wood, but it doesn't say anything about how the wooden piece in the beverage is made. It doesn't mention the material of the wood, the flavors of the beverage, and neither the quantity of it.

The meaning of the invention

The mentioned disadvantages can be resolved by a wooden longitudinal article chain piece for fermenting and production of flavored alcoholic beverages in stainless steel barrels, according to the invention, that consists of a wooden base, from which protrudes at least one bulkhead, whilst the base is on both of the opposing ends provided with an opening, that serves for the possible concatenation of individual articles with a stainless steel metal ring. The whole profiled wooden longitudinal article chain piece is made of one piece of wood.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece is characteristic for its base in a rectangle shape, from which on one side perpendicularly protrude 5 bulkheads, which have free beveled ends with gaps in between.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece is made from oak wood of appropriate quality according to the location and species of the oak wood, used for a certain brand of alcohol.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece is also characteristic by holes that go through stainless steel circles while the formation of a strip, a chain from wooden articles.

The way of producing the wooden longitudinal profile chain piece for ripening of alcoholic beverages in stainless steel containers is also the essence of the invention, the raw oak article chain is disinfected, and it gradually dries, and is put dry alternately in alcohol of the wanted taste and water, after it is left to ferment for the minimum of ten days.

The method of the invention is characterized by progress of disinfection of the wooden lingual profiled chain link at 250 °C, after that it's filled in a natural way with a chosen spirit in the ratio of 1 part : 1 part of clear water, thereafter the article is placed in a vacuum package, and is under ultrasound with a frequency of 35 to 40 kHz for the time of at least five minutes, and is left to ferment for the time of twenty days.

The method of the invention is characterized by the time of the ultrasound and the centrifugal force on the wooden longitudinal profiled chain link being the same amount, and is directly proportional to the age of the used spirit where one year of means one minute of effect of ultrasound and one minute of centrifuging. For adjusting ten pieces of articles 400ml of spirit is enough.

Is filled with alcohol by the desires of the customer, and is put in the containers for beer or wine fermentation, which are filled with the liquid. For better manipulation of the wooden article, and for its better effect stainless steel metal circles were used for connecting each of the wooden articles in a strip, chains or star shape and other spatial formations.

It completely replaces the original technological processes of fermenting beer or wine in the expensive barrels made from oak wood, and is less financially demanding and also easier to work with. Cleaning is also easier, faster, and inexpensive, because it needs less water. The final products have the required pleasant taste without the unwanted metal taste. It's appropriate for the wooden article to be made from oak wood of good quality respectively to the location and type of the spirit brand e.g. whisky, cognac, rum...

The mentioned wooden longitudinal profile chain pieces are filled with a chosen spirit naturally with the use of the oak woods ability to take into its cells a wanted ingredient instead of bound water. The bound water is displaced from the wood cells by gradually drying and getting rid of its microorganisms. Then it goes into the phase of fermentation, where the cells of the wood are gradually filled in the passing of time, which changes according to the type of the used spirit. The longest time of filling takes thirty days. The wood is constructed so the surface represents the inside surface of the original classic oak barrels, including the ability to give over equally the taste to the future ripe product.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece enables variable use in the food industry, where it's possible to choose the type of the spirit according to the customers wishes without lowering the quality, where the price of the fermentation is around a half of the costs, and shortens the time to two thirds. The other advantage is high hygiene and the availability of the wooden longitudinal profile chain piece whilst the fermentation of the product, because it's possible to achieve a perfect result while using present stainless steel barrels of different sizes.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece enables variable use in the production of the wanted technology„ BARREL AGED", therefore fermentation of beer products in barrels particularly, in which originally noble spirits fermented e.g. whisky, cognac, rum... Wooden enables to completely replace the use of original expensive oak barrels. It's possible to choose the type of the spirit according to the customers wishes without lowering the quality, where the price of the fermentation is around a half of the costs, and shortens the time to two thirds. The other advantage of the new technology is high hygiene and availability, because It' possible to achieve a perfect result while using present stainless steel metals and different cubage. it's possible to perfectly dimensate on any quantity of the future product. It gives an opportunity to the producer to experiment with different kinds of flavors with a big comfort with no risque of failing.

Summary of pictures on drawings

On the enclosed drawing on picture 1 on the schema is the front view of the wooden longitudinal profile chain piece, and on picture 2 is its platform. On picture 3 is the back view of the article and on picture 4 is its platform. On picture 5 is the articles elevation and on picture 6 is it's platform. On picture 7 is a perspective look on the whole article. On picture 8 is the platform of the connecting eye and in picture 9 is a schema of the chain from the mentioned wooden articles.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece was tested in practice in the years of 2014 and 2015 in the Brevnov monastic brewery of st.Vojtech in Prague 6, CZ, and the practice for use in wine was done in Vlasska 2, Prague 1, CZ. The following examples of use of the wooden longitudinal profile chain piece according to the invention prove that they don't limit the manufacturer.

Examples of use

Example 1

Wooden longitudinal profile chain pieces according to the invention were made from appropriate oak wood with an optimal length of 100mm, width of 25 mm, and height of 20 mm. Holes 3 in the base 1 had a diameter of 5 mm, gaps 4 between bulkheads 2 were wide 2,2 mm, external bulkheads were thick 3,6 mm, the inner bulkheads 2 were thick only 3 mm. The ends of the bulkheads 2 were beveled at an angle of 45°.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece according to the invention in the amount of ten pieces were properly disinfected in a hot aired halogen oven with a temperature of 250 °C, where they got rid of microorganisms, and they were filled in a natural way with the chosen spirit with the ratio of 1 piece : 1 piece of clear water with the ability of oak wood to accept the wanted ingredient into its cells instead of the bound water. About 400 ml of spirit should be used for 10 pieces of articles. The filled articles were cooked into a plastic vacuum container, later they were under ultrasound with a frequency between 35 and 40 KHz for ten minutes in a temperature of 40 to 45 °C In the vacuum equipment with a vacuum pump with a performance of 12mc/h the filled articles were cooked into a plastic vacuum container, later they were under ultrasound with a frequency between 35 and 40 KHz for ten minutes in a temperature of 40 to 45 °C. The time of ultrasound depends on the age of the spirit, e.g. a 10 year old whisky - 10 minutes, 15 years - 15 minutes, 20 years - 20 minutes etc. Later the articles were exposed to a centrifugal force of 1000 to 1400 ot/min for the time of 10 minutes. The time of centrif uging depends on the age of the spirit, e.g. 10 year old whisky - 10 minutes, 15 years- 15 minutes etc.

After that the articles were left to ferment for the time of 20 days. This process of filling and fermentation is identical to the processes of other types of spirits without exception, (brand LONGROW). Later wooden articles were prepared by the connecting elements 5, which formed stainless steel circles. The wooden articles were connected into the chain. The prepared chain from 10 wooden articles was put into the stainless steel barrel with content of 15 I of dark beer (stout). The barrel was closed and left to rest for 60 days. 15 I of dark lager with a strength of 8,5 % volume, without an aftertaste and with an adequate amount of flavor of the spirit was made.

Example 2

Wooden longitudinal profile chain pieces with the size according to example 1 in the amount of 20 pieces were properly disinfected and filled with a chosen spirit in a natural way with the use of the ability of oak wood to take the wanted ingredient into its cells instead of bound water. Bound water was displaced by getting rid of the microorganisms and drying. Then it went into the phase of fermentation, where the cells of the wood were gradually filled with water with a twice larger concentration of whisky (brand LONGROW).

They were left to fermentation for the time of 30 days. Afterwards wooden articles were prepared with connecting eyes 5, which formed stainless steel circles connected into the chain.

The prepared chain from 20 wooden articles was put into the stainless stee! barrel with a volume of 30 I of dark beer (stout). The barrel was closed and left to rest for 60 days. 30 I of dark lager with a strength 8,5 % volume, without an aftertaste and with an adequate stronger flavor of the spirit concentration was made.

Example 3

The wooden longitudinal profile chain pieces with the size according to example 1 in the amount 10 pieces were properly disinfected and filled with a chosen spirit in a natural way with the use of the ability of oak wood to take the wanted ingredient into its cells instead of bound water. Bound water was displaced by getting rid of the microorganisms and drying. Then it went into the phase of fermentation, where the cells of the wood were gradually filled with water and whiskey (brand KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON They were left to fermentation for the time of 30 days. Afterwards wooden articles were prepared with connecting eyes 5, which formed stainless steel circles connected into the chain. The prepared chain from 10 wooden articles was put into the stainless steel barrel with a volume of 15 1 of light beer (lager). The barrel was closed and left to rest for 60 days. 15 I of lager iight beer with a strength 8,5 % volume, without an aftertaste and with an adequate amount of flavor of the spirit was made.

Example 4

The wooden longitudinal profile chain pieces with the size according to example 1 in the amount 10 pieces were properly disinfected and filled with a chosen spirit in a natural way with the use of the ability of oak wood to take the wanted ingredient into its cells instead of bound water. Bound water was displaced by getting rid of the microorganisms and drying. Then it went into the phase of fermentation, where the cells of the wood were gradually filled with water and whiskey (brand TULLIBARDINECHERRY). They were left to fermentation for the time of 30 days. Afterwards wooden articles were prepared with connecting eyes 5, which formed stainless steel circles connected into the chain. Prepared chain from 10 wooden articles was put into the stainless steel barrel with content of 15 I of light beer (lager). The barrel was closed and left to rest for 60 days. 15 I of lager light beer with a strength 8,5 % volume, without an aftertaste and with an adequate amount of flavor the spirit was made.

Example 5

The wooden longitudinal profile chain pieces with the size according to example 1 in the amount 10 pieces were properly disinfected. Bound water was displaced by getting rid of the microorganisms and drying. They were left to fermentation for the time of 30 days.

Afterwards wooden articles were prepared with connecting eyes 5, which formed stainless steel circles connected into the chain.

The prepared strip from 10 wooden articles was put into the stainless steel barrel with the content of 15 I of red wine (CABERNET SAUVIGNON). The barrel was closed and left to rest for adequate maturation. 15 I of red wine (CABERNET SAUVIGNON) with a strength 13,5 % volume, without an aftertaste and with an pleasant taste, as a wine, which matured in barrique barrels (oak barrel).

Industry use

The new wooden longitudinal profile chain pieces and its form of adjustment allows substantially faster and inexpensive maturation and modification of a taste, especially in case of beer and wine in stainless steel barrels or in tanks. The final drink doesn't have the undesirable metal taste and has a high sensorial quality. This technology fully replaces the use of original expensive wooden barrels.

Claims

Patent claims

1. The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece for maturation and adjustment of taste of drinks in stainless steel receptacles, characterized by its wooden base (1), from which protrudes at least one bulkhead (2), while the base (1) is on both of the opposite ends provided with the holes (3).

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece, according to claim 1, characterized by the base (1) that has an ob!ong shape, from which portrudes upright at one side five bulkheads (2), whose free ends are beveled, and between the bulkheads (2) are gaps (4).

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece, according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized by being made from one piece of oak wood.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece, according to claim 1 and 3, is characterized by the holes (3) passing through the connecting element (5) which forms the chain from wooden articles.

The wooden longitudinal profile chain piece, according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized that its made in natural way from one piece of oak wood, filled with a required ingredient with the use of the ability of oak wood to receive the wanted ingredient into its cells instead of bound water.

6. Way of modification of the wooden longitudinal profile chain piece for maturation and adjustment of taste of beverages in stainless steel receptacles, characterized in that crude oak article of the chain is disinfected, it gradually dries, and is put dry alternately in alcohol of the wanted taste and water, thereupon is left to rest at least for 10 days to ferment.

7. Way according to claim 6, characterized in that a disinfection of the wooden longitudinal profile chain piece is in progress with heat of 250°C, afterwards was in natural way filled with chosen spirit with the ratio of 1 piece : 1 piece of clear water without an admixture, later was article placed into a plastic vacuum container and were under ultrasound with a frequency between 35 and 40 KHz at least for five minutes, later the articles were exposed to a centrifugal force of 1000 to 1400 ot/min at least for the time of 5 minutes, afterwards was fermented for the time of 20 days.

8. Way according to claim 6 to 7, characterized by the time of the effect of ultrasound and centrifugal force on the wooden longitudinal profile chain piece is same, and is directly proportional with an age of used spirit, when 1 year of age means 1 minute of effecting ultrasound and 1 minute of centrifuging.

9. Way according to claim 6 to 8, characterized in that for adjustment of 10 pieces of the article suffice 400ml of spirit.