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US 8,141,799 B2Granted
Process for wholegrain-conditioning of brewer's cereal grains used in beer production
AssigneeBuehler AG
InventorsKlaus Gehrig, Hans-Jörg Menger, Urs Keller
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for whole-grain conditioning, in particular of native and malted brewing cereals. To improve the mashing process and to increase the number of brews and product quality, the brewing cereals are conditioned and subsequently fed to a hulling and/or mechanical comminution process.
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A process for whole grain-conditioning of brewer's grains for beer production, comprising:
- homogenous wetting of the brewer's grains for up to 20% effective moisture content;
- resting the wet brewer's grains in a resting phase for more than 60 seconds, thereby forming whole grain-conditioned grains;
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- at least one of a subsequent dry milling and wet milling the whole grain-conditioned grains,
- wherein a time period for the resting phase is a maximum of 30 minutes per stage.
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A process for conditioning brewer's grains for beer production, comprising:
- homogenously wetting with moist air, in at least one stage, each of the brewer's grains for up to a 20% water content;
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- mechanically crushing the wetted brewer's grains with at least one of a dry mill and a wet mill,
- wherein the at least one stage comprises two stages and the homogenously wetting comprises a pre-wetting in a first stage and a second wetting in a second stage.
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A process for conditioning brewer's grains for beer production, comprising:
- resting, in a resting phase for more than 60 seconds, brewer's grains having up to a 20% water content;
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- crushing the brewer's grains following the resting phase with at least one of a dry mill and a wet mill,
- wherein, between the resting and the crushing, the process further comprises a wetting of the brewer's grains.
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