Process for separating a fermented malt beverage
AssigneeABV Technology, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin M. Jordan, Grant Williamson, Joshua Ruhnke
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Abstract
A process that produces a non-alcohol cereal beverage (NACB) includes separating an input fermented malt beverage (FMB) into an output FMB and the NACB, wherein the separating includes multiple stages; and adding water during the separating so that the output FMB has the same alcohol by volume (ABV) as the input FMB during each stage of the separating.
Claims20
A method of producing a non-alcohol cereal beverage (NACB), the method comprising:
- separating an input fermented malt beverage (FMB) into an output FMB and the NACB, wherein the separating includes multiple stages;
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- adding water during the separating so that the output FMB has the same alcohol by volume (ABV) as the input FMB during each stage of the separating.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first separator stage to separate an input fermented malt beverage (FMB) into a first separated FMB and a first portion of a non-alcohol cereal beverage (NACB);
- a second separator stage to separate the first separated FMB into an output FMB and a second portion of the NACB;
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- a control unit configured to provide water to the apparatus to maintain the separated FMB and the output FMB at the same alcohol by volume (ABV) as the input FMB.
A control system for an apparatus that produces a non-alcohol cereal beverage (NACB) from a fermented malt beverage (FMB), the system comprising:
- at least a first level sensor for a first separator stage, the first separator stage to separate an input FMB into a first separated FMB and a first portion of the NACB;
- at least a second level sensor for a second separator stage, the second separator stage to separate the first separated FMB into an output FMB and a second portion of the NACB;
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- a control unit configured to monitor the level sensors to provide water to the first and second separator stages, based on indications of the first and second level sensors, to maintain the first separated FMB and the output FMB at the same alcohol by volume (ABV) as the input FMB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.