Process in the manufacture of beer and the like

• US 3,071,469 A
• Filed: 01/14/1960
• Issued: 01/01/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Erik Krabbe, Kenneth W. Wendt
• Original Assignee: Erik Krabbe, Kenneth W. Wendt
• Inventors: Krabbe, Erik, Wendt, Kenneth W.
• Application Number:
  US04/002,436
• Time in Patent Office: 1,083 Days
• US Class Current: 426/474
• CPC Class Codes: C12H 1/22 Ageing or ripening by storing, e.g. lagering of beer

Claims

1. THE IMPROVED PROCESS FOR AGING A FRESHLY-FERMENTED BEVERAGE SUCH AS BEER AND ALE, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:

INTRODUCING THE BEVERAGE INTO AN ENCLOSED FLUID TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM PARTIALLY FILLED WITH THE BEVERAGE;

PROVIDING A CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE BEVERAGE IN THE SYSTEM AGING THE BEVERAGE BY FLOWING IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM AT A FLOW RATE WHICH WILL PROVIDE A SYSTEM RESIDENT TIME PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO TO SIX WEEKS SUFFICIENT TO AGE THE BEVERAGE WHILE MAINTAINING THE CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE BEVERAGE;

AND WITHDRAWING AGED BEVERAGE FROM THE ENCLOSED FLUID TRANSPORT SYSTEM AT A POINT DOWNSTREAM FROM ITS INTRODUCTION THERETO.