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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735413 | Method and device for brewing beer A device for brewing beer, particularly a wort pan (1), with a container body (2) to receive a wort reservoir (3), the device containing an internal boiler (4) arranged in the container body (2), which is provided with a heat excha... | 06/15/2010 |
| 6968773 | Vessel and wort processing method for producing beer A vessel and a method for thermally treating wort in beer brewing, wherein a wort guiding screen or cone is placed inside the vessel and a feed pipe ending above the wort guiding screen or cone is used to discharge wort from above onto the wort guiding screen or con... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6748849 | Bittering of beer Iso-α-acids and reduced iso-α-acids in their free acids states are converted into mobile resins by the addition of concentrated solutions of alkali metal hydroxides. The products may be used in brewing for the bittering of beer and are most effectively used in an ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6080405 | Foam proteins and use thereof Novel foam proteins, monoclonal antibodies specifically recognizing said proteins, a method for determining foam protein contents in beer samples by an immunoassay using said monoclonal antibodies, a method for determining head retention and head retentio... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5906151 | Apparatus and method for brewing an alcoholic beverage and beverage brewed by same An apparatus for brewing an alcoholic beverage includes a plurality of wooden barrels including at least one first wooden barrel, at least one second wooden barrel, and at least one third wooden barrel; an enclosed trough; a plurality of first conduits pr... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5865093 | Apparatus for heating up wort during brewing The present invention relates to an apparatus for heating up wort during brewing. For a simple and inexpensive force-type circulation of wort during the heating or boiling process preceding the hop adding step, the present invention suggests a connection ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5802956 | Method and apparatus for the removal of kraeusen in the brewing process A method and apparatus for the removal of foam produced in the primary fermentation step of home brewmaking comprises primarily a kraeusen trap including a platform of a diameter slightly less than the inside diameter of a primary fermenter and one or mor... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5718161 | Beer brewing system and method There is provided a system for brewing beer particularly suited for a brew pub setting. The invention utilizes a cooker to heat water and a pre-blend syrup of ingredients. Once the beer mixture is boiled for a sufficient length of time in the cooker, the ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5644971 | Vessel for steeping of grain A vessel for steeping grain having a tank (12). A central column (44) is disposed in the center of the tank (12) having transport lines (42) with air lifts (46) on the lower end of the lines for the transporting of grain and steeping fluid from the bottom... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5481961 | Installation for producing wort An installation for producing wort by means of a cereal cooker and by means of a mash tun, wherein the cereal cooker is connected to a malt adjunct bin via an adjunct prewasher and to a grist bin, and wherein the mash tun is connected to the grist bin via... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5282413 | Installation for steeping grains Installation for steeping grains of the type comprising a tank (1) provided with a cylindrical lateral wall (2), with a bottom (3) and with a perforated platform (11) disposed at a certain distance from the bottom (3) and on which the grain rests in a lay... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5170697 | Extraction apparatus, process and product produced thereby A consecutive extraction device for extracting an extract of an effective ingredient of malt, malted rice or malted soybean is provided. An extract of the effective ingredient of malt, malted rice or malted soybean in the liquid state and a process for us... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5168920 | Wort boiler apparatus with external boiler The invention relates to a wort boiler apparatus comprising a wort boiler vessel and at least one separate heating circuit external of the boiler vessel and including a heat exchanger for heating or boiling the wort, the heat exchanger comprising an arran... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4994392 | Device for heating brewing mash Disclosed is a device described for heating brewing mash, and a heat source and a heat exchanger that transfers heat with it and that has mash flowing through it are provided. The heat exchanger exhibits at least one evenly coiled tube that has a smooth s... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4861608 | Method of separating trub from hot wort A method of separating trub from hot wort, in which unpurified hot wort is supplied to a settling device and after the settling process purified wort is withdrawn at a level above the bottom of the settling device, and trub is withdrawn at a level at or n... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4813346 | Wort cooking arrangement A wort cooking or boiling arrangement, which operates with vapor concentration, including a wort cauldron or kettle and with two separate heating circuits which are located externally of the wort cauldron and which are formed by heat exchangers. One of th... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4801462 | Method and apparatus of brewing Wort, heated to boiling in a brew kettle, is continuously withdrawn from the brew kettle and passed through a copper heat exchange coil in an external heat exchanger. Hot combustion gases are discharged at high velocity into direct contact with the heat e... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4793243 | Supplementary wort removal device in lauter tuns A supplementary wort removal device in lauter tuns is provided, in order to avoid tight and solidly constructed discharge pipe assemblies with check valves for the wort, and the supplementary wort removal device preferably has a plurality of annularly seg... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4773312 | Clarifying vat A clarifying or clearing vat for the production of worts during the manufacture of beer, including a chopping or breaking open arrangement incorporating a carrying arm which is raisably and lowerably drivable about a central shaft in the clarifying vat. K... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4661449 | Process and installation for the preparation of a sweet wort Process for the preparation of a sweet wort from a cereal, in which previously mashed cereal flour is mixed with a hydrolyzing substance introducing enzymes to undergo a saccharification treatment. Before mashing, the cereal flour is subjected to a cookin... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4599991 | Door for brew kettle A brew kettle in which the upper portion of the kettle wall includes a manhole and a vent hole and in which a door is pivotally mounted inside the upper wall portion such that, in its closed position, it closes off the manhole. The door is normally open d... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4557186 | Brewing apparatus Brewing apparatus for batch brewing beer or ale comprises a fermentation vessel 1 in which a fermentable liquor is contained, a float hydrometer 11 and a sensor 12 for monitoring downward displacement of the hydrometer 11 as the specific gravity of the li... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4552060 | Apparatus for the continuous boiling of wort The invention relates to apparatus for the continuous boiling of wort in which separators (5 and 6) which serve for depressurization and lowering of the temperature of the wort and for separating off the vapor are each combined into one structural unit (8... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4550029 | Method of boiling wort Continuous pressure boiling of beer wort is carried out in a multistage column having an upright inner wall enclosing a head region near the top of the column, a sump region near the bottom of the column and a wort compartment between the head and sump re... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4483881 | Process for discontinuous wort boiling during beer manufacture In discontinuous wort boiling for the manufacture of beer, the energy of the vapor arising from the boiling is used in a heat exchanger for the production of hot water. The heated brewing water is reheated in a second heat exchange process by the energy f... | 11/20/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4361083 | Apparatus for treating a foodstuff An apparatus for mixing particulate material and a liquid comprising an inclined screw barrel with a conveying screw, wherein the screw barrel projects beyond the last screw flight and in this region comprises inlets for streams of liquid.... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4304176 | Apparatus for the wet crushing of material Apparatus for supplying material to a wet-crushing mill comprises a storage container for the material, and a rotary feeder arranged below the storage container and forming a bottom closure for the container. At least one device above the rotary feeder is... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4282259 | Process for preparing an extract of hops A method of preparing an extract from hops comprises contacting the hops to be extracted with carbon dioxide in the liquid state to dissolve the matter to be extracted in the liquid carbon dioxide, heating the solution of extract to evaporate carbon dioxi... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4278012 | Plant for the extraction of hops by extraction with liquid carbon dioxide A method of preparing an extract from a material comprises contacting the material to be extracted with carbon dioxide in the liquid state to dissolve the matter to be extracted in the liquid carbon dioxide, heating the solution of extract to evaporate ca... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4277505 | Process for the malting of grain Germination of cereal grain in malting is carried out by passing steeped grain to and through a series of six closed spaced discrete vessels in succession. The grain is maintained in each vessel for about a day and in each vessel is subjected to an upward... | 07/07/1981 |
| 3989848 | Method of mashing for the production of wort and apparatus for the carrying out of this process A continuous mashing process for producing wort in the production of beer comprises providing a mash mixture of malt and raw grains; continuously flowing the mash mixture through a mash reactor; and heating the mixture during its flow through the reactor ... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3962478 | Method and apparatus for producing beer wort Mash is separated into draff and clarified beer wort using a cylindrical upright vessel having an upper portion with a circumferential wall, a lower portion conically converging toward an apertured support forming the bottom of the vessel, and a suction c... | 06/08/1976 |
