Process for the continuous production of beer

US6077549A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Metallgesellschaft AG · DE

Inventors

• Roland Bodmer · Nidderau, DE
• Rudolf Bönsch · Nackenheim, DE
• Michael Eichelsbacher · Mainz, DE
• Peter Mitschke · Maintal, DE
• Thorsten Seiffert · Neu-Anspach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 3, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12C11/07
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process is for the continuous production of beer having a diacetyl content below 0.1 mg/l from a cooked, unfermented, fermentable wort with an oxygen content of 0.5 to 3.0 mg O.sub.2 per liter.