IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION THEREFROM OF AN IMPROVED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Johan Hern Loder of Leiden, Holland for an invention
of IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR
PRODUCTION THEREFROM OF AN IMPROVED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
THE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Johan Hern Loder at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th May 1882.
JOHAN HERN LODER, of Leiden, Holland, "IMPROVED BEVERAGE" ["IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREFROM
OF AN IMPROVED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE"]
This Invention relates to an improved alcoholic beverage In carrying out my
invention I proceed mainly as follows:-
The beverage is prepared by the fermentation of a solution of sugar or glucose
and tartaric acid in the presence of red or Brazil, or yellow, or fustic wood and
sorrel paste.
These red colouring matters are dispensed with in the preparation of white
sparkling or distilled wine.
In manufacturing this beverage I prefer to use about 50 hectolitres of a liquid
containing about 1000 kilogrammes of glucose, 5 or more kilogrammes of tartaric
acid, 15 (more or less) kilogrammes of sorrel, in paste and say 25 kilogrammes of
red or Brazil and yellow wood or fustic.-These proportions may be modified
within certain limits, and the colouring matter may be employed in the form of
extracts and the degree of alcohol and shade of color, arranged according to taste.
-The quality of the products depends upon the nature of the yeast employed.-Grape
yeast is preferred but as this yeast is not to be obtained throughout the year other
yeast may be employed such as Dutch yeast or the like.-The quantity of such
yeast should not exceed 1/1 of the weight of glucose and to this quantity is added
one sixteenth of rye or other flour.-These two substances are made into a paste,
which may be introduced into the glucose liquid either immediately or after
allowing it to "rise as in the case of dough.
"
A portion of yeast is taken at each operation to be employed in the next process.-
After fermentation the product is treated in precisely the same manner as wine
being submitted to heating and other processes and then placed in casks or bottles
with the same care.-The refuse forms food for cattle, or can be otherwise utilized.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Johan Hern Loder in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th November 1882.
JOHAN HERN LODER of Lieden, Holland IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF
CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREFROM OF AN IMPROVED ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE
This Invention relates to an improved alcoholic beverage
In carrying out my invention I proceed mainly as follows
The beverage is prepared by the fermentation of a solution of sugar or glucose
acidulated by tartaric acid in the presence of red or Brazil and yellow or fustic
wood and sorrel paste The red colouring matters are dispensed with in the
preparation of white, sparkling or distilled wine Instead of sugar, those solutions
may be directly employed from which sugar is made, and instead of glucose, may
be used those substances which give glucosic solutions when treated by the
ordinary processes employed in making alcoholic beverages or alcohol from amylaceous
matters Instead of red or Brazil wood those substances may be employed that
give Resorcin when treated with alkali, but if they give primary phenols or
primary phenolic acids they must not be employed It is found advantageous to
treat the red woods or their principles with nitric acid before adding them to the
saccharated solution Those substances may be employed instead of the yellow or
fustic woods which give Phloroglucin or catechin when treated with alkali If
they give primary phenols or primary phenolic acids they must not be used
Instead of sorrel paste such substances may be used as give Orcin when treated
with alkalines If they give primary phenols or primary phenolic acids they
must not be employed The preferable form for the use of these colouring matters
or their principles is that of an extract, and the relative proportions are arranged
according to the degree of alcohol and the shade of colour or tint desired to be
obtained The maximum quantity of these substances to be employed is as follows
For 50 hectolitres of water; 1500 kilogrammes of glucose 15 kilogrammes of
tartric acid, 15 kilogrammes of extract of sorrel 15 kilogrammes of extract of red
wood and 15 kilogrammes of extract of yellow wood. These colouring matters are
simply mixed with the saccharated solutions, the method of treating being the
same as is followed for the preparation of other alcoholic beverages obtained by
fermentation The quality of the product depends greatly upon the nature of the
yeast Grape yeast is preferred but as this is difficult to obtain throughout the
year, other kinds such as Dutch yeast may be employed The quantity of yeast
should not exceed one sixteenth (1/16) of the weight of the glucose and to this is
added enough rye or other flour to supply sufficient albuminous matter to the
saccharated solution to ensure good fermentation In order not to lose the
amylaceous matters contained in the flour it may be first saccharafied by the
ordinary process It is not necessary to first work (fatiguer) the flour with the
yeast before adding it to the solution
A portion of the yeast is taken at each operation and retained for subsequent use
After the final fermentation the product is treated in a perfectly analogous manner
to that employed for ordinary wines, being heated and otherwise treated and
subsequently carefully placed in casks or bottles The water employed for the red
wines must not contain any amount of chloric salts, or salts containing chloric acid,
while water containing iron is preferred for both red and white wines The refuse
arising in the manufacture of these alcoholic beverages may be used as food for
cattle or otherwise utilized

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my invention and how the same may be
employed I would have it understood that I do not claim those principles that are
employed for the manufacture of beer, but,
What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is
The improvement in the treatment of the materials herein before described, and
their application for the production of an improved alcoholic beverage substantially
as set forth
In witness whereof I the said Johan Hern Loder have hereunto set my hand
and seal this tenth day of November in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eightytwo.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of
Mr. M. P. DE HAAS.
J. H. LODER. (L.S.)