Process for the continuous boiling of wort
AssigneeHeineken Technical Services B.V.
InventorsHendrik J. Visscher, Christiaan W. Versteegh
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Abstract
This invention relates to a process for the continuous boiling of wort, comprising feeding the unboiled wort to a wort heater, wherein it is heated to a temperature between 75 and 125.degree. C., introducing the heated wort in a plug flow reactor, preferably a rotating disc holding column, followed by treating the wort obtained from said reactor in countercurrent with steam in a stripping column.
Claims17
A process for the continuous boiling of wort, comprising feeding unboiled wort to a wort heater, wherein said wort is heated to a temperature between 75 and 125.degree. C., introducing the heated wort in a plug flow reactor, and subsequently treating the wort obtained from said reactor in countercurrent with steam in a stripping column, said plug flow reactor comprising a plug flow reactor column provided with a central agitator shaft having attached thereto at least ten discs.
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