Patents by Inventor Michael J. McGarrity

Michael J. McGarrity has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for preparing brewers wort
    Patent number: 7172775
    Abstract: A method for predicting late fermentation production of diacetyl in a brewing process comprises determining the ratio of FAN (free amino nitrogen content) to sugar (fermentable) to specific gravity in an initial wort composition. In addition there is provided a process for preventing incipient late fermentation production of diacetyl in a brewing process, comprising measuring and variously adjusting the initial FAN, sugar and specific gravity of the wort such that the ratio [ f . sugar ? ( g / L ) ] initial [ FAN ? ( g / L ) ] initial ? [ Gravity ? ( °P ) ] initial , for the adjusted wort has a value of 37 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Labatt Brewing Company Limited
    Inventors: Erin Ellice Petersen, Argyrios Margaritis, Robert Joseph Stewart, Phyllis Heather Pilkington, Michael J. McGarrity, Normand Anthony Mensour, Clemens Forster, Jadwiga A. Sobczak
  • Methods, processes and wort compositions related to vicinal diketone evolution and especially diacetyl formation in brewing
    Publication number: 20030087000
    Abstract: A method for predicting late fermentation production of diacetyl in a brewing process comprises determining the ratio of FAN (free amino nitrogen content) to sugar (fermentable) to gravity in an initial wort composition. In addition there is provided a process for preventing incipient late fermentation production of diacetyl in a brewing process, comprising measuring and variously adjusting the initial FAN, sugar and gravity of the wort such that the ratio 1 [ f .
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Erin Ellice Petersen, Argyrios Margaritis, Robert Joseph Stewart, Phyllis Heather Pilkington, Michael J. McGarrity, Normand Anthony Mensour, Clemens Forster, Jadwiga A. Sobczak
  • Product and process of making a beer having increased light stability
    Patent number: 5582857
    Abstract: A process for the production of a hopped malt beer wherein a processing liquid containing riboflavin is hopped to form the desired beverage. The improvement comprises subjecting that processing liquid to an effective amount of actinic radiation of a wavelength adopted to decompose the riboflavin and thereby reduce the amount thereof, whereby a beer having enhanced light stability is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Labatt Brewing Company Limited
    Inventors: Joseph R. L. Bordeleau, David J. Hastings, Michael J. McGarrity