UTILIZATION OF HOPS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF INTOXICATING BEVERAGES, OTHERWISE THAN BEER
Year: 1884

page_text: I, MAX HEDICKE, of 3 Adelaide Place, London Bridge, London E.Ç. in the
county of Middlesex, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for UTILIZATION OF HOPS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF INTOXICATING BEVERAGES,
OTHERWISE THAN BEER, to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to a new application of Hops and has for its object to
utilize their aromatic and other properties in combination with alcoholic intoxi-
cating beverages, otherwise than Beer, (medical preparations like "Hop-Bitters"
or beverages of a lower alcoholic strength than Beer, as "Ginger Ale," "Hoppetta'
to which some Hops possibly may have been used, of course, excluded) such as
Liqueurs, Brandy, Whiskey, etc., for the purpose and to such an extent as to impart
to the manufacture the wellknown characteristics of Hops.
The invention simply consists in the use of Hops, or extract therefrom, in any
node of manufacture (such as distillation, mixing, maceration etc.) of alcoholic
intoxicating drinks (as specified before), and in cases where desired, the addition of
Hops or parts therefrom to such alcoholic drinks in such a way as to leave the
Hops or visible parts therefrom floating in the finished liquid.

page_text: I, MAX HEDICKE, of 3 Adelaide Place, London Bridge, London E.C., in the
county of Middlesex, Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
UTILIZATION OF HOPS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF INTOXICATING BEVERAGES, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to a new application of Hops, and has for its object to
utilize their aromatic, tonic, and other properties in combination with alcoholic,
intoxicating beverages, otherwise than beer, such as Liqueurs, Brandies, Whiskies,
etc., for the purpose and to such an extent as to impart to the manufacture the well-
known and characteristic properties of Hops.
In order to represent the manner how this invention may be carried into practice
I shall now describe how I preferably manufacture a Hop-Liqueur:-
I digest 7 lbs. of best Hops (Cones of the Hop-plant-Humulus Lupulus) with
60 Quarts of best Spirit of a strength of 7 degrees over proof (Sikes's Hydrometer)
for 12 hours at a temperature of 120 to 125 degrees Fahrenheit, after which I take
off the extract. Now I put the Hops into the alembic of a distilling-apparatus, add
40 Quarts of the same quality of Spirit as before used, and distil at a moderate
temperature until the distilled liquid shows no lower strength than 75 degrees
under proof (Sikes's).-I then mix the previously taken-off extract with the distilled
liquid, the latter containing the ethereal oil, and this mixture now forms the
essential component part of the Hop-Liqueur to be produced, which is finished by
admixing of wine-brandy, sugar and water in varying quantities according to taste.
Without altering the character of the invention Hop-blossoms instead of Hop-
cones may be used, or extracts from either instead of the Hop-cones or Hop-
blossoins themselves may be used, or any other method of manufacture, such as
distillation without digestion, or digestion without distillation, or maceration, may
be made use of, or the respective quantities of the various ingredients may be.
altered, or any other ingredients may be added.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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"The utilization of Hops or extract therefrom, in the manufacture of alco-
holic intoxicating beverages, otherwise than beer, substantially as herein-before
⚫ described."