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US 4,542,683 AGranted
Brewing apparatus
AssigneeRobert Morton DG Limited
InventorNoel R. Wilkinson
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Abstract
Brewing apparatus and a method of brewing in which mash cooking and wort boiling are carried out in a single vessel (2), the vessel having an agitator (202), a heater preferably formed as a steam jacket (220, 224) and as an external through flow heater (8), the wort being circulated through the heater and back into the vessel by means of a tangential feed inlet (56) which causes the vessel's contents to whirl while the wort is boiling. The apparatus and method reduces the requirement for separate mash cooking and wort boiling vessels.
Claims15
Brewing apparatus comprising
- an at least part cylindrical vessel,
- mash agitation means within said vessel,
- means for raising the temperature of the vessel contents comprising an external through flow wort boiler, and
- means for causing a rapid circulation of the contents of said vessel by whirling the contents, said circulation means comprising
- a tangential input located in a cylindrical side of said vessel, said wort boiler being connected to said tangential input, and
- a pump provided to pump the contents through said boiler and input.
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Brewing apparatus comprising
- an at least part cylindrical vessel, said vessel having an outwardly dished bottom and a sump formed therein,
- mash agitation means within said vessel, said agitation means comprising
- blade means having at least one blade mounted to a vertical shaft, the axis of said shaft being offset relative to the axis of said vessel, said shaft being connected to a motor for rotating said shaft, and
- further blade means mounted to a lower extremity of said shaft, said further blade means being rotatable in an area surrounded by said sump,
- means for raising the temperature of the vessel contents, and
- means for causing a rapid circulation of the contents of said vessel by whirling the contents.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.