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US 12,686,838 B2Granted
Process and system for brewing sour beer
AssigneeArtisanal Brewing Ventures
InventorsMark Fabrizio, Karen Brownell, Brittany Vegso
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Abstract
A process for brewing sour beer includes: heating milled grain, water and enzymes to produce a mash; then combining the mash with hot water to produce a wort; then combining the wort with bioacid in a sour tank and heating the wort to produce a soured wort; then transferring the soured wort to a kettle; heating the soured wort in the kettle; then removing particulate matter from the soured wort; then transferring the soured wort to a cellar.
Claims16
A process for brewing sour beer, comprising:
- (a) heating milled grain, water and enzymes to produce a mash;
- then
- (b) separating malt liquid from mash solids to produce a wort;
- then
- (c) combining the wort with bioacid in a sour tank and heating the wort through a heat exchanger outside of the sour tank to produce a soured wort;
- then
- (d) transferring the soured wort to a kettle;
- (e) heating the soured wort in the kettle;
- then
- (f) removing particulate matter from the soured wort;
- then
- (g) transferring the soured wort to a cellar;
- wherein the bioacid comprises at least one of Lactobacillus, lactic acid, or acid malt.
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A process for brewing sour beer, comprising:
- (a) heating milled grain, water and enzymes to produce a mash;
- then
- (b) separating malt liquid from mash solids to produce a wort;
- then
- (c) combining the wort with Lactobacillus in a sour tank and heating and recirculating the wort through a heat exchanger outside of the sour tank to produce a soured wort;
- then
- (d) transferring the soured wort to a kettle;
- (e) heating the soured wort in the kettle;
- then
- (f) removing particulate matter from the soured wort;
- then
- (g) transferring the soured wort to a fermenter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.