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US 2024/0084230 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
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 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.
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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 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.
9 more elements
A system for brewing sour beer, comprising:
- a mash tun;
- a lauter tun fluidly connected with the mash tun;
- a sour tank operatively associated with a heating device, the sour tank fluidly connected with the lauter tun;
- a kettle fluidly connected with the sour tank;
- and
- a whirlpool fluidly connected with the kettle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.