HYDROGENATION OF HOP ACIDS

• Main Authors: MULLER, ADAM, HILL, COLIN, ANTHONY, SWIDERSKY, PETER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.02.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREWING OF BEER; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

Hop acids are hydrogenated by mixing hydrogen and a solution of hop acids in carbon dioxide and bringing the mixture into contact with a noble metal catalyst. Advantageously, the process is operated with the hop acids dissolved in supercritical carbon dioxide. Typically, the hydrogenation is used to...