NON-ALCOHOLIC FERMENTED BEER HAVING IMPROVED FLAVOUR

    公开(公告)号:US20210189306A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17195044

    申请日:2021-03-08

    摘要: The invention provides a process of producing a non-alcoholic beer comprising the steps of: fermenting the wort with live yeast to produce a fermented wort; subjecting the fermented wort to one or more further process steps to produce a non-alcoholic beer; and introducing the non-alcoholic beer in a sealed container; wherein either the fermentation produces a non-alcoholic fermented wort or wherein the fermentation produces an alcoholic fermented wort and alcohol is subsequently removed to produce a non-alcoholic fermented wort or a non-alcoholic beer; and wherein the heated wort, the non-alcoholic fermented wort and/or the non-alcoholic beer is contacted with a hydrophobic silicate-based molecular sieve. Flavour substances contributing to undesirable flavour notes in non-alcoholic beer can be removed effectively during production by contacting wort before or after fermentation with a hydrophobic silicate-based molecular sieve, provided the wort contains virtually no alcohol.

    DEVICE FOR PREPARING AND DISPENSING RECONSTITUTED BEER

    公开(公告)号:US20230077867A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17984944

    申请日:2022-11-10

    摘要: The present invention relates to a device for preparing and dispensing reconstituted beer, said device comprising: a first vessel containing a liquid concentrate for preparing a beer; a second vessel containing an alcoholic liquid; a source of water; a source of pressurized carbon dioxide; a reconstitution unit; a dispensing unit for dispensing the alcoholic beer; wherein the device is operable (i) to form a reconstituted beer comprising water from the source of water, carbon dioxide from the source of pressurized carbon dioxide, liquid concentrate from the first vessel and alcoholic liquid from the second vessel, in the reconstitution unit and (ii) to dispense the reconstituted beer from the dispensing unit; wherein the liquid concentrate in the first vessel an ethanol content of 0-1% ABV; and wherein the alcoholic liquid in the second vessel contains 12-100 wt. % ethanol and 0-88 wt. % water, ethanol and water together constituting 80-100 wt. % of the alcoholic liquid. An alternative aspect of the invention relates to a device wherein the source of water and the source of pressurised carbon dioxide are replaced by a source of carbonated water and the device is operable to form a reconstituted beer comprising water from the source of carbonated water, liquid concentrate from the first vessel and alcoholic liquid from the second vessel in the reconstitution unit.
    The aforementioned devices can be used to prepare a reconstituted beer of superior quality. The use of an essentially alcohol-free concentrate offers the advantage that the stability of the concentrate is substantially improved.

    SINGLE-SERVE CAPSULE FOR PREPARING A BEER-LIKE BEVERAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20230083666A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17984941

    申请日:2022-11-10

    IPC分类号: B67D1/00 B67D1/12 C12C5/04

    摘要: The present invention relates to a capsule comprising at least two compartments, including a first compartment and a second compartment; wherein the first compartment comprises 5-30 mL of an aqueous liquid having an ethanol content of 0-10% ABV and comprising 0.1-25wt. % of protein; and wherein the second compartment comprises 5-50 mL of an alcoholic liquid containing 20-99.9 wt. % ethanol, 0-60 wt. % water, and 50-2,000 mg/kg of hop acids acids selected from iso-alpha acids, hydrogenated iso-alpha acids, hulupones and combinations thereof, and wherein ethanol and water together constitute at least 80 wt. % of the alcoholic liquid.
    The capsule can suitably be used to prepare a hopped alcoholic beverage with a foam head, similar to ordinary beer. To prepare such a beverage, the contents of the capsule are combined with carbonated water and dispensed into a e.g. a drinking glass.

    LOW ALCOHOL BEER
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220098532A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17548098

    申请日:2021-12-10

    IPC分类号: C12C12/04 C12C7/04

    摘要: The invention provides a method of producing a low alcohol beer, comprising the steps of: providing an alcoholic malt beverage; subjecting the alcoholic malt beverage to a de-alcoholization step to produce a low alcohol malt beverage; adding hops to the low alcohol malt beverage in an amount of at least 10 g/hl to produce at least 10 hl of a suspension; keeping the suspension between 1 hour and 20 days at a temperature between −2 and 43° C. to produce a low alcohol beer; and optionally subjecting said low alcohol beer to a filtration step. This process results in a low alcohol beer which has a surprisingly good taste profile.
    Also provided is a low alcohol beer that is obtained by the aforementioned method.

    LOW-ALCOHOL BEER
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210163861A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US17265604

    申请日:2018-09-10

    摘要: The present invention discloses a method for preparing beer having an ethanol content of 0-1.0 vol. %, comprising providing a medium having an ethanol content of 0-20 vol. %, which medium comprises restricted-fermentation beer; subjecting said medium to a distillation step, thereby reducing the quantity of one or more aldehydes selected from the group consisting of 2-methyl-propanal, 2-methylbutanal, 3-methylbutanal, 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde, phenylacetaldehyde, hexanal, trans-2-nonenal, benzaldehyde and furfural in the medium, and thereby also reducing the ethanol content, if present, to a content in the range of 0-1.0 vol. %. The invention furthermore discloses beer obtained with the said process.

    SINGLE-SERVE CAPSULE FOR PREPARING ALCOHOLIC BEER

    公开(公告)号:US20230084750A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17984894

    申请日:2022-11-10

    IPC分类号: B65D85/804 C12C5/02 C12C11/11

    摘要: The invention relates to a single-serve capsule comprising at least two compartments, including a first compartment and a second compartment; wherein the first compartment comprises a liquid concentrate of an alcohol-free beer, said liquid beer concentrate having an ethanol content of 0-1% ABV, wherein the second compartment comprises an alcoholic liquid containing 12-100 wt. % ethanol and 0-88 wt. % water, and wherein ethanol and water together constitute 80-100 wt. % of the alcoholic liquid
    The capsule of the present invention can suitably be used to prepare a good quality alcoholic beer by mixing the contents of the capsule with carbonated water.
    The liquid beer concentrate in the first compartment can suitably be produced by reducing the water content of alcohol-free beer by means of membrane separation and/or by means of freeze concentration. The physicochemical stability of the liquid beer concentrate so obtained is very high due to the very low (or zero) ethanol content.

    PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING A PACKAGED LIQUID BEER CONCENTRATE

    公开(公告)号:US20230081190A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17984955

    申请日:2022-11-10

    摘要: The present invention relates to a process of manufacturing a packaged liquid beer concentrate, said process comprising: providing an alcoholic beer comprising 3-12% ABV ethanol; removing at least a part of the ethanol from the alcoholic beer by means of distillation, thereby producing (i) a low alcohol beer having an ethanol content of 0-1.5% ABV alcohol and (ii) an alcoholic liquid containing at least 10% ABV ethanol; removing at least 70 wt. % of the water present in the low alcohol beer by means of membrane separation and/or freeze concentration to produce a liquid beer concentrate; if the alcoholic liquid contains less than 20% ABV ethanol, concentrating the alcoholic liquid to an ethanol content of at least 30% ABV by means of distillation, reverse osmosis or forwards osmosis; separately packaging the liquid beer concentrate and the alcoholic liquid within a single container or within separate containers that together form a kit of parts. The present process offers the advantage that it can utilise de-alcoholisation units that are commonly used in the production of low alcohol beer, thus minimising capital investment. The low alcohol beer that is obtained by the dealcoholisation step can be concentrated in a single step to produce the liquid beer concentrate.