Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Injecting Gasses into Beverages

A beverage dispenser comprising:

• a gas system configured to collect ambient air, pressurize the ambient air, and dispense pressurized ambient air, the gas system has:
• a compressor configured to pressurize the ambient air;
• a gas storage device configured to store the pressurized ambient air before the pressurized ambient air is dispensed from the gas system to thereby reduce duty cycle of the compressor;
• and
• a gas regulator downstream from the gas storage device and configured to decrease pressure of the pressurized ambient air before the pressurized ambient air is dispensed from the gas system;
• a valve configured to dispense a base fluid;
• a concentrate system configured to dispense a concentrate;
• a manifold configured to mix the based fluid and the concentrate to form a mixed beverage and further inject the pressurized ambient air into the mixed beverage to thereby form a gas-injected mixed beverage, wherein the manifold has an injector through which the pressurized ambient air injects into the mixed beverage;
• and
• a nozzle configured to apply a back-pressure upstream on the gas-injected mixed beverage and dispense the gas-injected mixed beverage.

A method for forming and dispensing a gas-injected mixed beverage with a beverage dispenser, the method comprising:

• collecting, with a gas system, ambient air adjacent the beverage dispenser;
• pressurizing, with a compressor, the ambient air;
• dispensing a base fluid to a manifold;
• dispensing a concentrate to the manifold;
• mixing, in the manifold, the base fluid and the concentrate to thereby form a mixed beverage;
• dispensing the pressurized ambient air to the manifold;
• injecting, with an injector in the manifold, the pressurized ambient air into the mixed beverage to thereby form a gas-injected mixed beverage;
• applying, with a nozzle, a back-pressure on the gas-injected mixed beverage;
• and
• dispensing the gas-injected mixed beverage via the nozzle.