| abstract |
Alcoholic water ices containing ethyl alcohol found in comestible alcohols such as beer, wine, liquor, alcoholic cocktails or other types of spirits creating Popsicle-style alcoholic frozen confections and frozen beverages. Such frozen confections and frozen beverages are made according to a method that includes the steps of (1) forming a mixture of water, stabilizer, sweetener, and ethyl alcohol and stirring the mixture at an elevated temperature for a predetermined time period, (2) cooling the mixture to a temperature in the range of +32° F. to about +40° F., (3) placing the mixture into a mold and immersing the mold in a brine solution having a temperature in the range of about −40° F. to about −30° F., to harden the mixture, and (4) removing the hardened mixture from the mold, to form an alcoholic frozen confection or frozen beverage. The resulting alcoholic frozen confection or frozen beverage has a consistency, uniformity, stability, and degree of hardness necessary for the formation of a substantially solid, pre-shaped frozen product. |