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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7297236 | Ethanol distillation process A process arrangement for distilling fuel grade ethanol includes a fermentation portion, a distillation portion, a condensation and dehydration portion, a separation and drying portion and an evaporation portion. The fermentation portion produces beer. The distillat... | 11/20/2007 |
| 5985344 | Process for obtaining micronutrient enriched rice bran oil A simple and cost effective enrichment process for enhancing antioxidant content of rice bran oil from crude rice bran oil (CrRBO) is described. The process comprises extracting the CrRBO using alcohol at 25-77° C., obtaining the enriched rice bran oil (... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5955135 | Low temperature vacuum distillation and concentration process An apparatus and method for stripping volatiles from a feed stream and concentrating the volatiles in the overhead vapors forming a condensate product and simultaneously producing a low percent volatiles outlet stream as a concentrate product. The volatil... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5762991 | Continous process of producing beer A continuous process of producing beer is described. Starch-containing raw materials are disintegrated and are optionally processed to form malt, a wort is produced from the disintegrated and optionally malted raw materials, and the wort is subjected to a... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5681432 | Inhibition of organic deposition using additives to retard settling Methods for inhibiting organic fouling of heat transfer surfaces in contact with an alcohol distillation stream are discussed. The methods include adding to the alcohol distillation stream an effective inhibiting amount of a treatment including a high mol... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5624534 | Volatiles separator and concentrator An apparatus and method for stripping volatiles from a feed stream and concentrating the volatiles in the overhead vapors forming a condensate product and simultaneously producing a low percent volatiles outlet stream as a concentrate product. The volatil... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5618572 | Flavored malt beverages prepared by using ultrafiltration methods A method is disclosed of preparing a colorless, clear beer by a method including ultrafiltration and the addition of dextrins, bittering agents and a foam enhancer. Methods of preparing improved nonalcoholic malt beverages and making natural beer foaming ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5510125 | Process for selective removal of sugar from beverages To remove selectively particularly sugar from nonalcoholic or alcoholic beverages, first the sugar is either carried away in the permeate in a membrane separation unit (2) by suitable choice of membrane (4) or is retained in the retentate. Afterward, the ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5458739 | Volatiles separator and concentrator An apparatus and method for stripping volatiles from a feed stream and concentrating the volatiles in the overhead vapors forming a condensate product and simultaneously producing a low percent volatiles outlet stream as a concentrate product. The volatil... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5439699 | Method for preparing colorless clear beer A method is disclosed of preparing a colorless, clear beer by a method including ultrafiltration and the addition of dextrins, bittering agents and a foam enhancer. Methods of preparing improved nonalcoholic malt beverages and making natural beer foaming ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5385647 | Process for the reduction of the alcohol content of alcoholic beverages A process for reducing the alcohol content of alcohol-containing beverages, in particular of beer or wine, wherein the alcohol is partially or completely removed by way of pervaporation.... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5384135 | Process for the manufacture of an alcohol-free beer having the organoleptic properties of a lager type pale beer A process for the manufacture of an alcohol-free pale beer (AFB) whose organoleptic properties are those of a lager beer, comprising the manufacture of a lager type alcoholic pale beer from pale malts containing 20 to 30% of brown malts, mashed to obtain ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5358732 | Method and system for removing impurities from aliments A method for improving the quality of an aliment, such as an alcoholic liquor, by removing impurities such as carbamates, sulfites and bioamines, includes contacting an aliment containing the impurity with a container formed of a membrane permeable to the... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5356641 | Process for preparing an oak wood extract and distillate A process for obtaining a blending and ageing additive from oak wood which comprises (a) mixing oak wood in subdivided or particulate form with water, alcohol or mixture thereof; (b) enzymatically digesting the mixture at elevated temperature; (c) adding ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5316782 | Product and process of making a product flavored using a by-product of alcohol production A process for manufacturing flavors from the spent mash of a fermentation mixture is provided wherein the spent mash of the fermentation mixture after distillation is separated into two constituent portions, the thin stillage and the wet distillers' grain... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5132136 | Condensed wine composition for cooking and method of preparing the same A condensed wire composition containing an extract content of no less than 18% (w/v) is obtained by vacuum condensing a wine at a temperature of 5° to 60° C., preferably 20° to 35° C. to a concentration by at least 8 times as high as the original, ret... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5093141 | Product and process for production of alcohol-free wines or alcohol reduced wines and brandy The invention relates to a process for the production of alcohol-free wine, i.e. wine containing less than 1% by volume of alcohol, and of wines containing reduced concentrations i.e. 1 to 7% by volume of alcohol with the simultaneous production of brandy... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5075123 | Process and apparatus for removing alcohol from beverages A process and apparatus for removing alcohol from beverages includes removing alcohol from the beverage to a dialysate by dialysis in a dialysis chamber, and then removing the alcohol from the dialysate by vacuum in a vacuum stripping column, wherein the ... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5034238 | Process for the reduction of the alcohol content of alcoholic beverages In a process for the reduction of the alcohol content of alcoholic beverages, in which aromatic substances are extracted with liquid or supercritical CO2, alcohol is separated by distillation and the extracted aromatic substances are at least p... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4988525 | Process for selective removal of volatile substances from liquids, as well as unit and device for carrying out the process For selective removal of volatile substances from liquids, the initial liquid is fed to a crosscurrent diaphragm separation device (2), in which the permeate consisting of water and volatile substances is separated by increased transdiaphragm pressure and... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4978547 | Process for producing low-alcohol wine A process for producing low alcoholic wine includes the following steps: evaporating alcohol-containing wine in a vacuum evaporator so that a first mixture comprising water, alcohol and flavoring substance is separated from a second mixture having a low-a... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4933198 | Production of low-ethanol beverage by membrane extraction Low-ethanol wines, beer, distilled spirits, and other alcoholic beverages are produced by treating ordinary alcoholic beverages with novel membrane extraction methods. Semipermeable membranes and gas-phase extraction fluids are employed to selectively ext... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4902518 | Low alcohol wine A method for the production of low alcohol wine comprising separating a fruit juice into a high sugar fraction and a low sugar fraction, stripping volatile components, such as high-boiling point esters, from the fruit juice or from the high sugar fraction... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4867991 | Method of recovering beer Lager-cellar or fermentation-cellar yeast is mixed with an extraction liquid prior to centrifugal processing, increasing the percentage of recovered beer. To keep the contact time brief the extraction liuquid is not mixed with the yeast until just upstrea... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4867997 | Process for producing alcohol-reduced or alcohol-free beverages made by natural fermentation A process is described for preparing in particular alcohol-free wine in which by extraction with supercritical CO2 firstly a specific aroma fraction with limited ethanol content is separated from the starting wine. The residual wine is then sub... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4804554 | Process for the production of fermented drinks with reduced alcohol content In a process for the production of a fermented drink with a reduced alcohol content, alcohol is removed from the drink by dialysis and then removed from the dialysis liquid by vacuum distillation. The fermented drink in the original condition is used as t... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4790993 | Process for the production of alcohol-free, yeast white beer Disclosed is an alcohol-free yeast white beer and a process for its production wherein the yeast is physically separated from an alcohol containing yeast white beer free of fermentable substances. The beer is then subjected to a vacuum distillation until ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4784868 | Potable spirit production A method of producing a potable spirit comprises removing water from a fermented wash containing ethanol, water and congeners to produce a substantially water-free mixture of ethanol and congeners, and then fractionally distilling this water-free mixture ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4775538 | Preparation of alcohol free wine An alcohol free wine beverage is produced by diluting a table wine with demineralized water and feeding the diluted wine to a centrifugal film evaporator where alcohol is stripped from the wine to produce an alcohol free wine base. The wine base is then m... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4681767 | Method for decreasing the alcohol content of alcohol-containing beverages, particularly wine and sparkling wine In a method for decreasing the alcohol content of alcohol-containing beverages, particularly wine or sparkling wine, according to the reverse osmosis process, extract substances are added to the dealcoholized beverage. In order to avoid addition of foreig... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4626437 | Method for the preparation of alcohol-free wine There is disclosed a method for preparing an alcohol-free wine product. A completely fermented wine is evaporated to produce a dealcholized wine concentrate and a vapor condensate containing alcohol and aromatic substances. The condensate is separated int... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4499117 | Method of preparing natural beverages having a low alcohol level, using ultrafiltration techniques The method consists in subjecting a natural alcoholic liquid to three successive steps of non denaturating physical fractionation; the first step is a molecular utltrafiltration under low pressure through a semi-permeable ultra-filter the splitting thresh... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4405652 | Preparation of wine having a low calorie content and a reduced alcohol content The alcohol content of an original wine is reduced to produce a low calorie wine having the character of the original wine by evaporating alcohol from the wine in a centrifugal film evaporator. In the evaporator, a thin film of wine is formed by centrifug... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4388857 | Apparatus for the continuous cooking of wort Apparatus for the continuous boiling of wort serving for beer production in a reactor at a temperature increased and a pressure increased during the time of stay in the reactor, which reactor is preceded by a wort preheater heated by wort vapor, and by an... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4073955 | Apparatus and method for aging liquor An apparatus and method for improving the aging of alcoholic liquors, whereby the liquor to be aged is placed in a char-lined container incorporating a char-coated manifold assembly therein, which is connected to a vapor recovery system. The liquor is mov... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4015020 | Tartar removal by electrodialysis and potassium level control in wine A method of treating wine, comprising introducing crude wine to both the dilution and concentration chambers of an electrodialysis apparatus; operating said apparatus so that the potassium concentration of the wine in the dilution chamber falls to below 5... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3969537 | Method for the processing of vinasse A method is provided for processing and drying potato vinasse, produced from fermented mash. The mash is crushed, distilled and the resulting vinasse is fractionated in a decanter where the clear liquid is then passed into a three-phase downfall vaporizer... | 07/13/1976 |
