Method for making beer

US4684525A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rohm Co., Ltd. · JP

Inventors

• Hermann Plainer · Reinheim, DE
• Bruno Sproessler · Roßdorf, DE
• Helmut Uhlig · Roßdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 14, 1986
• Grant date: Aug 4, 1987
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12C12/02
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for making beer is disclosed wherein an amyloglucosidase enzyme from a Rhizopus culture is added to a wort and, after the enzyme has acted, the enzyme is inactivated under pasteurizing conditions.