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US 9,868,928 B2Granted
System for brewing
OwnerNathan Robert Janzinventor
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Abstract
A fermenter is provided that heats and ferments a beverage feed material, such as grain and water, and a mashing device having a porous and permeable bottom to be positioned in the fermenter during heating to form an intermediate beverage feed material, such as a wort.
Claims19
A system for brewing, comprising:
- a vessel having an opening, the vessel defining a first reservoir that contains a volume of water, wherein the vessel has a conical lower region that tapers from a cylindrical upper region to distal end of the vessel;
- a mash device at least partially disposed in the first reservoir and selectively removable from the first reservoir, the mash device having a porous bottom surface and a sidewall that extends from the porous bottom surface, wherein the porous bottom surface and the sidewall define a second reservoir with a top opening, and wherein the mash device is configured to receive a feed material in a volume of the second reservoir, and the porous bottom surface is configured to allow the volume of water to pass through;
- a cover positioned over the opening of the vessel;
- a heating port in the vessel;
- a heating element positioned in the heating port to heat the water and boil wort, wherein the heating element at least partially extends into the first reservoir of the vessel below the second reservoir and extends below the porous bottom surface of the mash device;
- a chilling media that cools the boiled wort by entering the first reservoir of the vessel through an entry port and at a first temperature, passing by means of a cavity in a wall of the vessel, through at least a portion of the first reservoir of the vessel, and exiting the first reservoir of the vessel at an exit port and at a second temperature, wherein, as a result of the chilling media removing heat from the boiled wort, the second temperature is higher than the first temperature, wherein the entry and exit ports are in fluid communication with the cavity.
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A system for brewing, comprising:
- a vessel having an opening, the vessel defining a first reservoir having a cylindrical upper region and a conical lower region that tapers from the cylindrical upper region to a distal end of the vessel, the first reservoir cantaining a volume of water, wherein the conical lower region comprises a discharge port to remove particulates and a side port, positioned above the discharge port, to remove beer;
- a mash device removably disposed in the cylindrical upper region of the first reservoir and selectively removable from the first reservoir, the mash device having a porous bottom surface and a sidewall that extends from the porous bottom surface, wherein the porous bottom surface and the sidewall define a second reservoir with a top opening, the porous bottom surface is configured to allow the volume of water to pass through;
- a feed material positioned in a volume of the second reservoir of the mash devices;
- a cover positioned over the opening of the vessel;
- a heating port in the vessel;
- a heating element positioned in the heating port for heating the volume of water and wort, wherein the heating element at least partially extends into the first reservoir of the vessel below the second reservoir and extends below the porous bottom surface of the mash device;
- a sensing port in the vessel;
- a sensing device positioned in the sensing port and at least partially extending into the first reservoir of the vessel to measure the temperature of the contents of the vessel;
- a chilling media that enters the first reservoir of the vessel at a first temperature, passes through at least a portion of the first reservoir of the vessel, and exits the first reservoir of the vessel at a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature, the chilling media configured to cool the boiled wort.
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A system for brewing, comprising:
- a vessel having an opening, the vessel defining a first reservoir that contains a volume of water, wherein the vessel has a conical lower region that tapers from a cylindrical upper region to a distal end of the vessel, wherein the conical lower region comprises a discharge port to remove particulates and a side port, positioned above the discharge port, to remove beer;
- a mash device at least partially disposed in the first reservoir and selectively removable from the first reservoir, the mash device having a porous bottom surface and a sidewall that
- extends from the porous bottom surface, wherein the porous bottom surface and the sidewall define a second reservoir with a top opening, and wherein the mash device is configured to receive a feed material in a volume of the second reservoir, and the porous bottom surface is configured to allow the volume of water to pass through;
- a cover positioned over the opening of the vessel;
- a heating port in the vessel;
- a heating element positioned in the heating port to heat the water and boil wort;
- a sensing port in the vessel, wherein the heating element at least partially extends into the first reservoir of the vessel below the second reservoir and extends below the porous bottom surface of the mash device;
- a sensing device positioned in the sensing port and at least partially extending into the first reservoir of the vessel to measure the temperature of the contents of the vessel;
- entry and exit ports through the vessel, wherein the entry and exit ports enable a chilling media to cool the boiled wort.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.