Malt fermented beverage

Abstract

To provide a malt fermented beverage having refreshing finish, namely clear taste while ensuring robust feel by making use proportion of malt in starting materials high. Provided is a malt fermented beverage which includes an alcohol-containing material obtained by fermentation using wheat/barley as a part of starting material, serving as a component A; and an alcohol-containing distillate obtained by distilling an alcohol-containing material at least partly made of wheat/barley, serving as a component B; and is produced by adding the component B to the component A. Preferably, the component A is beer, and the component B is mugi shochu.

1 . A malt fermented beverage comprising:
 an alcohol-containing material partly made of wheat or barley and produced by fermentation, serving as a component A; and   an alcohol-containing distillate obtained by distilling an alcohol-containing material at least partly made of wheat or barley, serving as a component B,   
       wherein the malt fermented beverage is produced by mixing the component A and the component B, and wherein a ratio between an alcohol content from the alcohol-containing material of the component A and an alcohol content from the alcohol-containing distillate of the component B is in a range of about 95.5:0.5 to 90:10. 
     
     
         2 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein an alcohol content of the malt fermented beverage is from 3 to 8%. 
     
     
         3 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the ratio between an alcohol-containing material of the component A and an alcohol content from the alcohol containing distillate of the component B is in a range of 99.9:0.1 to 90:10. 
     
     
         4 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein at least malt is used as a starting material for the alcohol-containing material of the component A. 
     
     
         5 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol-containing material of the component A is made of starting materials comprising malt, hop, and water. 
     
     
         6 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 5 , wherein the other starting materials further comprise materials selected from the group consisting of rice, corn, sorghum, white potato, starch, sugars, wheat or barley other than malt, a littering agent, and a coloring agent. 
     
     
         7 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol containing material of the component A is beer or a low-malt beer beverage. 
     
     
         8 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol containing material of the component A is an alcohol-containing material having a malt proportion of 20% or higher. 
     
     
         9 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol-containing material of the component A is an alcohol-containing material having a malt proportion of 40% or higher. 
     
     
         10 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol-containing distillate of the component B is shochu (Japanese distilled liquor), whisky, vodka, or spirits. 
     
     
         11 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol-containing distillate of the component B is “mugi shochu” (shochu distilled from wheat or barley). 
     
     
         12 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 11 , wherein the mugi shochu is mugi shochu that is obtained from starting materials including wheat or barley, malted wheat or malted barley, and water. 
     
     
         13 . The malt fermented beverage, according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol-containing distillate of the component B is wheat spirits. 
     
     
         14 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol-containing material of the component A is an alcohol-containing material having a malt proportion of 100%, and the distillate of alcohol-containing material of the component B is otsu-rui mugi shochu. 
     
     
         15 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein the alcohol-containing material of the component A is an alcohol-containing material having a malt proportion of 40 to 60%, and the distillate of alcohol-containing material of the component B is wheat spirits. 
     
     
         16 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein an alcohol content of the alcohol-containing distillate of the component B is from 25 to 45%. 
     
     
         17 . The malt fermented beverage according to  claim 1 , wherein an alcohol content of the malt fermented beverage is from 1 to 15%.