Each alcoholic beverage has its own formulation and manufacturing processes. Below are some popular alcoholic beverages and the manufacturing process for each.  

For manufacturing beer, this alcoholic beverage process includes fermentation of malted barley and the addition of hops, water and yeast. With manufacturing beer, it can be canned or bottled.

For manufacturing wine, grapes are crushed into juice and the juice is fermented. Wine means any fermented alcoholic beverage that is made from grapes or other fruit and contains not less than 0.5% alcohol by volume and not more than 24% alcohol by volume.

For manufacturing spirits, ingredients like sugar, starch, molasses, cherries, plums, potatoes or other fruit are used to flavor the spirit. Spirits are distilled alcoholic beverages. The alcoholic beverage is distilled by taking wine or another fermented fruit, plant, or starch and changing it into a vapor and then condensing it back into a liquid form. Some examples of manufacturer alcoholic spirits are tequila, rum, gin, vodka, and bourbon. 

Popular canned cocktails can be manufactured as sugar brew or malt beverages.

With alcoholic beverage formulation, flavors can be added. For example, beers are adding citrus or mango to their brew for added flavor profiles and diversity.  Or sugar brews can include flavorings.

Beer can be broken down into different categories like ale, porter, stout and other similar fermented beverages. Sake would also be included in the beer category. A malt beverage also falls in the beer category. Malted beverages include malted barley and hops and possibly a few other malted ingredients. 

Manufacturing a cider and hard cider can be a bit tricky due to the state and federal laws. The federal laws consider hard cider a wine. Depending on the amount of alcohol by volume of your manufactured cider product, there may also be other regulations to take into consideration. The fermentation process of cider is very similar to what’s used in winemaking, except it doesn’t have to take as long and the lower sugar content of the apples generally results in a lower alcohol content.

Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing

Launching your own Alcoholic Beverage can be both exciting and confusing at the same time. There are many factors to take into consideration when introducing your alcoholic beverage to the market. Not to mention the paperwork and regulations that must be followed precisely when dealing with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Big Brand's expertise provides that you have a firm grasp on the development of alcoholic beverages that are new to market or a relaunch of an existing brand. 

With Big Brands, you will have a team of beverage experts who will work with you each step of the way to get your alcoholic beverage approved and ready for market. At Big Brands, we turn your alcoholic beverage concept into a reality and are there to guide and assist you in all steps of the process from start to finish.