Fermented and distilled food grade alcohol spirits derived from hemp and cannabis feedstock waste streams
View Patent ↗An alcohol spirits beverage made from a specific feedstock of Cannabaceae plant family agricultural waste and discarded plant components including the roots, stems, leaves and manufacturing waste streams from the medical and recreational Hemp and Marijuana industry and or industrial Hemp. The invention establishes a standardized method whereby Hemp and Marijuana waste streams are destroyed through the anaerobic digestion that occurs during fermentation. The method converts raw and or processed Cannabaceae plant family feedstock that is cleansed, hydrolyzed, fermented and distilled to create a new category of pure food grade alcohol spirits beverage that is uniquely distinguishable by virtue of its physical specifications and sensorial properties, flavor profile, aroma and overall character that separates it into a unique category from the five (5) primary alcohol spirits beverages such as Whiskey, Vodka, Tequila, Rum and Gin.
1 . A Cannabis derived food grade alcoholic spirit whose alcoholic content is derived after fermentation and distillation of functionalized feedstock of waste cellulosic and lignocellulosic components of roots, stems and leaves of the Cannabis , wherein the Cannabis derived food grade alcoholic spirit has comprises characteristics of:
a pH within a range of 3.56 to 4.68,
a density within a range of 0.94480 to 0.96250 grams per cubic centimeter,
a viscosity within a range of 2.312 to 2.515 milliPascal-second,
a conductivity within a range of 32.90 to 52.10 microSiemens per centimeter,
a sound velocity within a range of 1592 to 1615 meters per second, and
a refractive index within a range of 1.34475 and 1.25260,
wherein the Cannabis derived food grade alcoholic spirit lacks any trace elements of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and of cannabidiol (CBD) compounds.
2 . The Cannabis derived food grade alcohol spirit of claim 1 , the feedstock being any combination selected from the group consisting of harvested, partially dried, fully dried Cannabis agricultural waste plant components.
3 . The Cannabis derived food grade alcohol spirit of claim 2 by subjecting the feedstock to cleansing, grinding, mixing, hydrolyzing, fermenting and distilling.
4 . The Cannabis derived food grade alcohol spirit of claim 3 , wherein a mash forms from the feedstock after the cleansing, grinding, mixing, hydrolyzing and fermenting, the distilling including heating the mash in a copper cooking vessel within a range of 174° Fahrenheit to 196° Fahrenheit to aid in removal of sulfur compounds from a vapor column by attraction of the sulfur compounds to the copper and outfitting the copper cooking vessel with an internal heating coil arrangement that maintains an even temperature distribution throughout the mash, the vapor column employing a heated venturi at a base of a distillation column whose temperature is matched to that within the copper cooking vessel to accelerate the vapor column passing into the distillation column and simultaneously reducing pressure within the copper cooking vessel to thereby reduce surface bubbling that would otherwise occur and thereby reducing a level of impurities that are triggered by the surface bubbling than would otherwise arise.
5 . A hemp derived food grade alcohol spirit whose alcoholic content is derived after fermentation and distillation of functionalized feedstock of waste cellulosic and lignocellulosic components of roots, stems and leaves of the hemp, wherein the hemp derived food grade alcoholic spirit comprises characteristics of:
a pH within a range of 3.56 to 4.68,
a density within a range of 0.94480 to 0.96250 grams per cubic centimeter,
a viscosity within a range of 2.312 to 2.515 milliPascal-second,
a conductivity within a range of 32.90 to 52.10 microSiemens per centimeter,
a sound velocity within a range of 1592 to 1615 meters per second, and
a refractive index within a range of 1.34475 and 1.25260,
the hemp derived food grade alcoholic spirit lacking any trace elements of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and of cannabidiol (CBD) compounds.
6 . The hemp derived food grade alcohol spirit of claim 5 made from feedstock from the Cannabaceae plant family, the feedstock being any combination selected from the group consisting of harvested, partially dried, and/or fully dried hemp agricultural waste plant components.
7 . The hemp derived food grade alcohol spirit of claim 6 by subjecting the feedstock to cleansing, grinding, mixing, hydrolyzing, fermenting and distilling.
8 . The hemp derived food grade alcohol spirit of claim 7 , wherein a mash forms from the feedstock after the cleansing, grinding, mixing, hydrolyzing and fermenting, the distilling including heating the mash in a copper cooking vessel within a range of 174° Fahrenheit to 196° Fahrenheit to aid in removal of sulfur compounds from a vapor column by attraction of the sulfur compounds to the copper and outfitting the copper cooking vessel with an internal heating coil arrangement that maintains an even temperature distribution throughout the mash, the vapor column employing a heated venturi at a base of a distillation column whose temperature is matched to that within the copper cooking vessel to accelerate the vapor column passing into the distillation column and simultaneously reducing pressure within the copper cooking vessel to thereby reduce surface bubbling that would otherwise occur and thereby reducing a level of impurities that are triggered by the surface bubbling than would otherwise arise.