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AssigneePQ Corporation
InventorsSimon Stebbing, Miguel Monsanto, Philippe Cario
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Abstract
Described is the use of porous silica gel particles or porous precipitated silica particles in treating a wort, wherein the porous silica particles have a water content of 30% by weight or less and a pore volume of 0.4 ml/g or more. Methods of treating a wort and methods of preparing a beverage are also described.
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Use of porous silica gel particles or porous precipitated silica particles in treating a wort, wherein the porous silica particles have a water content of 30% by weight or less and a pore volume of 0.4 ml/g or more.
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A method of treating a wort comprising:
- contacting the wort with porous silica gel particles or porous precipitated silica particles;
- wherein the porous silica particles have a water content of 30% by weight or less and a pore volume of 0.4 ml/g or more.
A method of preparing a beverage comprising:
- treating grains to produce a wort;
- contacting the wort with porous silica gel particles or porous precipitated silica particles;
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- using the resulting wort to produce the beverage,
- wherein the porous silica particles have water content of 30% by weight or less and a pore volume of 0.4 ml/g or more.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.