Hops and method of making same
OwnerGunter Barwald, Fritz Brieminventors
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Abstract
Dried and comminuted hop strobiles are mixed with an inert inorganic adsorbent, such as bentonite, and pressed to form cubes, slabs, pellets etc. which may be stored in containers under vacuum or in an inert gas atmosphere. The addition of the adsorbent improves the storage life of the pressed hops in terms of preserving the bitter substances, and further accelerates the disintegration of the pressed hops during wort boiling.
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A hop product pressed to form a shaped body comprising dried hop strobiles comminuted to a grain size of from about 2 - 10 mm and admixed with at least one inert inorganic adsorbent in a solid state, the adsorbent being selected from the group consisting of finely divided silica, silicates and aluminum oxide, the amount of the adsorbent being from about 10 to 30 percent, based on the total weight of hops and adsorbent.
Method of making pressed shaped hops comprising comminuting dried hops strobiles down to a grain size of from about 2 - 10 mm, mixing the dried and comminuted hops strobiles with at least one inert inorganic adsorbent in the solid state, the adsorbent being selected from the group consisting of finely divided silica, silicates and aluminum oxide, the amount of adsorbent being from about 10 to 30 percent based on the total weight of hops and adsorbent, and subsequently pressing said mixture through an apertured die to form a shaped body.
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