Description
Book SynopsisWhile most wine and spirits books focus on vineyard and crop management or fermentation and distillation processes, few address critical post process aspects of stabilization, aging, and spoilage. This book serves as a comprehensive source of information on post-fermentation and -distillation technology applied to wine, beer, vinegar and distillates in a broad spectrum.
Post-Fermentation and -Distillation Technology: Stabilization, Aging, and Spoilage thoroughly describes all of the operations related to these products after the fermentation or distillation steps, focusing on the complex issues related to their stabilization, aging, and spoilage. The final product must be stable against microbial activity as well as undesirable chemical and physical chemical reactions that occur in the bottle. For example, clarity, stability, compositional adjustment, style development and packaging represent the five goals of finishing a wine. Concerning the visual defects asso
Table of Contents
Fermentation Process. Distillation Process. Wine Stabilization. Wine Aging and Spoilage. Beer Stabilization. Beer Aging and Spoilage. Vinegar Stabilization, Aging and Spoilage. Distillates Stabilization. Distillates Aging and Spoilage.
