Imagine you want to taste a frozen beer: open the fridge, pull out a capsule, pour the liquid into a glass, add water and make it sparkling with a gasator. This is the innovation (which could make the nose of the beer purists) developed by a group of researchers from the Universidad de la Sabana (Colombia) and of the Universidad Politécnica De Catiluña (Spain): the creators ensure that the flavor and alcoholic content of the capsule beer are maintained, and indeed that the taste would even be improved.
Cryochoncentration. The method used by the researchers is that of cryochoncentration, which provides for the partial freezing of the drink water and the subsequent elimination of ice crystals that are formed. In doing so, you get a reconstituted beer, that is to be prepared at home, mixing the liquid preserved in a small container (such as the capsules used for coffee) with cold water.
To make it sparkling Fabian Leonardo Moreno Moreno, one of the researchers, recommends a user of a domestic glitter: “We obtain the original beer without losing its concentration, maintaining the same properties of a non -instanty beer”, he explains in an article of the Spanish edition of The Conversation.
The advantages of instant beer. According to Moreno, the advantages of an instant beer would be different: from the reduction in transport costs – since the total weight of the product is reduced that has the least liquid and a lighter packaging – to the greater ease of conservation, given that the capsules would occupy less space in the fridge compared to the classic cans/bottles of beer.
Even better. In addition to this, Moreno ensures that, increasing its concentration, the quality of the beer improves: “Initially one of the great challenges was to be able to maintain alcohol in the cryoConcentration process”, he explains. «We have seen that partially reducing the amount of water, the solids that give flavor, the volatile compounds and alcohol concentrate even more. The result is a beer with a more intense sensory profile, with more defined aromas and flavors ».
