Apparatus for heating up wort during brewing
AssigneeAnton Steinecker Maschinenfabrik GmbH
InventorsKlaus-Karl Wasmuht, Kurt Stippler
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for heating up wort during brewing. For a simple and inexpensive force-type circulation of wort during the heating or boiling process preceding the hop adding step, the present invention suggests a connection pipe which is branched off from the casting pipe downstream of the casting pump and terminates again in the vessel underneath the inner boiler for heating wort. Furthermore, there is provided at least one respective shut-off device in the casting pipe and the connection pipe downstream of the casting pump.
Claims6
An apparatus for heating wort during brewing comprising:
- a vessel;
- an inner boiler in the vessel;
- a casting pipe connected to the vessel;
- a casting pump connected to the casting pipe;
- a connection pipe connected at one end to the casting pipe downstream of the casting pump and terminates at another end in the vessel below the inner boiler, and at least one shut-off device positioned inside one of said casting pipe and said connection pipe downstream of said casting pump.
The apparatus for heating wort according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one shut-off device is formed by a combined three-way valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.