Alcohol Containing Patents (Class 426/592)
  • Patent number: 11939202
    Abstract: Systems and methods, including a system for metering, mixing, and dispensing liquids, such as alcoholic and non-alcoholic liquids and solutions, are provided. In one instance, the system includes a controller operatively coupled to a first pump and a second pump. The first pump and the second pump are coupled to a first liquid source and a second liquid source, respectively. The controller controls flow rates at each of the first pump and the second pump. The system includes a valve coupled to a source supply of a third liquid, including pressurized carbonated water. The system includes a fluid connector coupled to the first pump, the second pump, the valve, and a dispenser. The connector receives the first liquid, the second liquid, and the third liquid, such that a fourth liquid, including a combination of the first liquid, the second liquid, and the third liquid, is dispensable from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sustainable Beverage Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Tatera, Raphael Broh
  • Patent number: 11873470
    Abstract: A method of preparing a wort with an increased level of free amino nitrogen (FAN) comprising: a) preparing a mash from a grist comprising malt and/or adjunct; and b) adding a protease having at least 80% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christina Lunde, Morten Gjermansen
  • Patent number: 11725166
    Abstract: A method for treating a wort in a kettle provides a kettle with an inlet for feeding a wort into the kettle and with an outlet for flowing the wort out of the kettle. A heating means for bringing the wort contained in the kettle close to or at boiling temperature, as well as for controlling the temperature. A gas sparging system for sparging an inert gas into said wort. Feeding wort from a lautering step into said boiling kettle through the inlet, the wort at a temperature below its boiling temperature. During sparging, heating the wort and maintaining it at a treatment temperature below the boiling temperature of the wort for a duration between 15 and 90 min, and no longer than required to evaporate at most 4 wt. % of water initially in the wort. Transferring the treated wort to a trub separation step through the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
    Inventor: David De Schütter
  • Patent number: 11672267
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for enhancing oil recovery and protein recovery from a product from a corn fermentation process stream, such as corn syrup. Compositions generally include a product from a corn fermentation stream and an additive including at least one alkylphenol ethoxylate formaldehyde resin, at least one sodium alkyl sulfate, or a blend of at least one anionic surfactant with at least one non-ionic surfactant in a weight ratio of the at least one nonionic surfactant to the at least one anionic surfactant in a range from about 1:20 to about 20:1. Methods combine such an additive with the product from a corn fermentation stream to produce a mixture which is preferably heated and centrifuged to separate oil and protein from the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Zack, Joseph P. Borst, Yaser Shirazi, Padma P. Varanasi, Matthew Gerard Lyon
  • Patent number: 11492576
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for preparing a sparkling alcoholic beverage resulting from the maceration of hops and/or its derivatives in wine with the addition of wine concentrate, vegetable water and/or water, fruit or vegetable concentrate and/or sugar, in order to reduce the alcohol content of wine, and which is gasified by a second alcoholic fermentation and/or addition of carbon dioxide. Through this process a sparkling alcoholic beverage having between 5 and 15% alcohol, a sugar content between 0.1 and 200 g/L, with a total acidity between 4 and 8 g/L is obtained having hops aroma, flavor and bitterness combined with aromas inherent to wine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: EMPRESAS LOURDES S.A.
    Inventor: Diego Swinburn Larrain
  • Patent number: 11407699
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method of preparing a modified distilled alcoholic spirit, comprising contacting a corresponding starting distilled alcoholic spirit with a base under conditions that cause at least one free carbonyl compound in the starting distilled alcoholic spirit to be reduced, to provide the modified distilled alcoholic spirit that has at an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least 15%. Certain embodiments also provide a modified distilled alcoholic spirit prepared by the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SPIRITED BEVTECH LLC
    Inventors: Devin Grant Peterson, Smaro Kokkinidou
  • Patent number: 11390691
    Abstract: Provided are: an oligosaccharide powder having high working properties, the oligosaccharide powder being characterized by containing a dextrin having a dextrose equivalent of 10 to 18 and an oligosaccharide; and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Masakazu Ikeda, Ryo Aoki, Masahiko Ito
  • Patent number: 11124747
    Abstract: A method of preparing a wort with an increased level of free amino nitrogen (FAN) comprising: a) preparing a mash from a grist comprising malt and/or adjunct; and b) adding a protease having at least 80% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Christina Lunde, Morten Gjermansen
  • Patent number: 11091728
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a fruit wine product beneficial to the health of a cardiovascular system and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of traditional food functionalization. The present invention uses the fruit wine as a base material; by leaching black garlic and baked onion and/or adding tomato clear juice powder and concentrated onion juice, taking advantage of the synergistic effect of alcohol with promoted Amadori compounds, flavonoids and/or proanthocyanidins extraction from the black garlic, baked onion, tomato clear juice powder and concentrated onion juice, to prepare fruit wine product containing 5-15 g/100 mL alcohol, 20-100 mg/100 mL Amadori Compound, 30-50 mg/100 mL total flavonoids and/or 100-250 mg/100 mL proanthocyanidins, and such fruit wine product can more effectively reduce the blood viscosity of consumers and achieve an beneficial effect on cardiovascular health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lianfu Zhang, Shuo Li, Jiahao Yu
  • Patent number: 11044932
    Abstract: A composition containing (D)-?-hydroxybutyric acid (D-BHB), (D)-?-hydroxyvaleric acid (D-BHV), and (D)-1,3 butanediol (D-1,3BD) is disclosed. Examples include a composition of between 85% and 25% D-BHB, with 15% to 75% D-1,3BD where the proportion of D-BHB to D-BHV acid may be between 1.0 to 0 and 0.7 to 0.3. Exemplary compositions may be incorporated into food, supplement, and beverage products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: VitaNav, Inc.
    Inventors: Devon Price, Peter Bayne
  • Patent number: 10912327
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing an assembly of integrated capsules, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a first body comprising a body reagent, wherein the body reagent is, or is contained within, a body medium; (ii) contacting the first body with a bulk medium comprising a bulk reagent, and permitting a first capsule shell to form at the boundary between the body medium and the bulk medium, thereby providing a first capsule, wherein the shell comprises a product of a reaction involving the body reagent and the bulk reagent; (iii) providing a second body comprising a body reagent, wherein the body reagent is, or is contained within, a body medium; (iv) contacting the second body with a bulk medium comprising a bulk reagent, and permitting a second capsule shell to form at the boundary between the second body medium and the bulk medium, thereby providing a second capsule, wherein the shell comprises a product of a reaction involving the body reagent and the bulk reagent; and (v) permitting the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: DOVETAILED LIMITED
    Inventors: Gabriel Villar, Vaiva Kalnikaite
  • Patent number: 10898864
    Abstract: When the porous membrane, which has two surfaces of a surface A and a surface C, is equally divided in the thickness direction of the porous membrane into three layers of a first layer including the surface A, a second layer that is a central layer in the thickness direction, and a third layer including the surface C, an average trunk size of the third layer is larger than an average trunk size of the second layer, and when a continuous layer from the surface A having a thickness of 10 ?m in the first layer is a first layer component, a continuous layer component having a thickness of 10 ?m and an average trunk size smaller than an average trunk size of the first layer component is present in the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer other than the first layer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chihiro Sakakibara, Masatoshi Hashing, Hirokazu Fujimura
  • Patent number: 10726880
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing data in a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is provided. The MRAM may store data in one or more resistance-based memory cells and may include a plurality of comparators to compare a voltage generated based on the resistance-based memory cells to a reference voltage to determine a stored logic state. In some implementations, the reference voltage may be generated by a plurality resistance-based memory cells. The reference voltage may be adjusted higher or lower by storing different logic states within the resistance-based memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Numem Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas T. Hendrickson
  • Patent number: 10550358
    Abstract: A method of producing beer having a tailored flavour profile is provided comprising the successive steps of: (a) fermenting wort containing fermentable sugars with yeast to produce beer containing 1-10 vol. % ethanol and flavour substances diacetyl; acetaldehyde; dimethyl sulfide; ethyl acetate; isoamyl acetate; ethyl valerate; ethyl hexanoate; iso-amyl alcohol and 2-methylbutan-1-ol; (b) contacting the fermenting wort or beer with porous adsorbent particles, selectively adsorbing the beer flavour esters ethyl acetate, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl valerate and isoamyl acetate; (c) separating the adsorbent particles; (d) desorbing a portion of the beer flavour esters from the adsorbent particles; and (e) adding a fraction of the desorbed beer flavour esters to the flavour adjusted beer or to another beer, wherein the amount of beer flavour esters added is 5-95 wt. % of the amount of beer flavour esters removed by the adsorbent particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN B.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Ottens, Shima Saffarionpour, Tom Reinoud Noordman
  • Patent number: 10508258
    Abstract: Process for the stabilizing of alcoholic drinks and precursors and derivatives thereof, consisting in adding thereto a solution containing polyglutamate and/or polyaspartate. The stabilization obtained is not only against tartrate precipitation, but also for colour stability and against oxidation. Such process basically provides the use of a composition containing polyglutamate, polyaspartate or a mixture of the two substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: ESSECO S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giovanni Triulzi
  • Patent number: 10106764
    Abstract: A tequila beverage comprising a standard tequila beverage containing added components for making said standard tequila beverage more desirable to a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: NUMERO OCHO LIMITED
    Inventor: Thomas George Estes
  • Patent number: 9816061
    Abstract: In a method for treating a hop product exhibiting a moisture in excess of 18% GG water content, the hop product is sterilized in an airtight container, and stored in an airtight packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Martin Schmailzl
  • Patent number: 9447370
    Abstract: Provided are liquors or spirits that compensate for the oily and grass-like smell of perillaldehyde, the primary aroma component of Perilla frutescens var. crispa (shiso), to ensure that the fresh and natural fragrance of shiso is developed in a balanced way. In the process of making distilled liquors or spirits, the temperature of the distillation feed charged into a distillation vessel is managed appropriately, whereby the aroma components of shiso used as part of the feed can be recovered in a balanced way to produce distilled liquors or spirits having the fresh and natural fragrance of shiso. According to the distillation method of the present invention, no extra equipment investment is required and distilled liquors or spirits of good quality can be obtained with a minimum production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Takanori Kashima
  • Patent number: 9222064
    Abstract: Tetrahydro iso-?-acids and hexahydro iso-?-acids are prepared from ?-acid resins in the presence of ?-acids derivatives without the use of conventional organic solvents. Specifically, the hydrogenation and hydrogenolyzis step is performed using a liquefied hop resin composed of ?-acids and ?-acid derivatives, hydrogen, and a noble metal hydrogenation catalyst to form desoxytetrahydro ?-acids and hydrogenated iso-?-acid derivatives (e. g., tetrahydroiso- and hexahydro iso-?-acids). The desoxytetrahydro ?-acids are subsequently auto-oxidized and isomerized by the spent noble metal catalyst in an aqueous alkaline solution (without adding peracids, lead, calcium, or magnesium salts) into the desired tetrahydro iso-?-acids and hexahydro iso-?-acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hop Ting Resources, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ting, Lixin Zhu, Conglin Peng
  • Publication number: 20150140177
    Abstract: A liquid beverage enhancer product including a shelf-stable highly concentrated liquid flavor and color solution including at least 10% non-water solvents with humectant properties including propylene glycol, glycerol, ethanol and other alcohols. The liquid beverage enhancer product in combination with beverages or non-beverage food products. A method of enhancing a beverage by adding a liquid beverage enhancer product including a shelf-stable highly concentrated liquid flavor and color solution having at least 10% non-water solvents with humectant properties to a beverage, and enhancing the flavor and color of the beverage. A method of enhancing milk, milk substitute beverages, and protein containing products, by adding the liquid beverage enhancer product having a pH of greater than 4.6 to milk, milk substitute beverages, or protein containing products, and enhancing the flavor and color of the milk, milk substitute beverages, or protein containing products without curdling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: AMT Group, LLC dba Imbibe
    Inventors: Young Kang, Joe Farinella, Kathryn Frothingham, Justin Kozlowski, Holly Lynch, John Higgs
  • Publication number: 20150132463
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a reduced-calorie partially-frozen beverage, concentrate syrup, mix and a method for making a reduced-calorie partially-frozen beverage. The freezing point of the partially-frozen beverage is depressed through the use of an L-sugar, such as, for example, L-hexose monosaccharide alone or in combination with other freezing point depressants. In a particular embodiment, L-glucose is added to a reduced-calorie partially-frozen beverage in a range between about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the finished beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Bharani Ashokan, Stacey K. Walton, Gino Olcese, Paul R. Zanno, Adrian M. Sepcic
  • Patent number: 9028895
    Abstract: A method for production of an alcoholic beverage with reduced content of alcohol involving treating unfermented beverage starting solution with glucose oxidase and glucose isomerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Johannes Maarten Van Den Brink, Kristine Bjerre
  • Publication number: 20150110925
    Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage composition. The beverage composition includes a sweetener and cellulose ether. Accordingly, the beverage composition provides a strong sweet taste with low levels of unpleasant tastes or residual tastes, and satisfactory body-viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Hyun Woo LEE, Eun Jung LEE, Jae Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20150105255
    Abstract: Derivatives of Agrobacterium vitis strain F2/5 are disclosed. These derivatives were generated following homologous recombination with an internal fragment of targeted genes resulting in gene disruption by insertion of a copy of suicide vector pVIK165. The genes disrupted were F-avi5813 encoding a phosphopantetheinyltransferase, F-avi4329 encoding an aminotransferase and F-avi0838 (rirA) encoding an iron responsive transcriptional regulator. Such derivatives control crown gall on grapevines. In addition, these derivatives did not induce roots necrosis but enhanced root development and callus formation. On young stem explants, it was shown as well that the F2/5 derivatives are necrosis-negative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Cornell University
    Inventors: Thomas J. Burr, Desen Zheng
  • Patent number: 9005687
    Abstract: A method for reducing the amount of beverage soluble metal ions in a diatomaceous earth filter aid is disclosed. The beverage soluble metal ions can be copper and/or iron. In the method, the diatomaceous earth filter aid is contacted with a hop compound selected from iso-alpha-acids, dihydroiso-alpha-acids, tetrahydroiso-alpha-acids, hexahydroiso-alpha-acids, alpha-acids, and beta-acids. The diatomaceous earth filter aid can also be contacted with and an acid other than the hop compound such as phosphoric acid. The iso-alpha-acids, dihydroiso-alpha-acids, tetrahydroiso-alpha-acids, hexahydroiso-alpha-acids, alpha-acids, or beta-acids bind the copper and iron metal ions and/or change the form of copper and iron in diatomaceous earth so the copper and iron are rendered substantially insoluble in a beverage such as beer. A method for filtering a beverage using the treated diatomaceous earth filter aid is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: MillerCoors LLC
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ting, Fran L. Saunders, Rhonda M. Dannenberg, Jacqueline A. Laumann, John T. Eplett, III, Gregory P. Casey, David S. Ryder
  • Publication number: 20150093470
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a reduced calorie beverage or food product employing fermentation of a plant-derived juice or liquid and removing the ethanol therefrom. The process involves first converting at least some of the sugar in a plant-derived juice or liquid by fermenting it with yeast to produce a fermentation product containing ethanol and subsequently removing at least some of the ethanol from the fermentation product, while maintaining the fermentation product at a temperature of less than fifty-five degrees Celsius to produce the reduced calorie beverage or food product. The alcohol removal step is performed at temperatures of less than seventy-five degrees in order to reduce the impact upon flavour and nutritional properties, relative to conventional alcohol removal at or near boiling temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Luc Hobson
  • Patent number: 8993024
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a food or drink containing one or more components extracted from a raw material by using fruit(s), vegetable(s), bean(s), nut(s), mushroom(s), alga(e) or tea(s) as the raw material, which comprises the following steps: freezing the raw material; grinding the frozen matter at a controlled temperature; and dipping the ground matter in a solvent and thus extracting one or more components of the raw material. It is preferable that the temperature in the grinding step is controlled to a level not higher than the brittle temperature of an aroma component, a colorant or an essential oil which can be extracted from the raw material. According to the production method of the present invention, the obtained food or drink can sufficiently contain a desired component contained in fruit(s) or vegetable(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Suntory Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Tokutomi Watanabe, Shun Kamogawa, Koichiro Hidaka
  • Patent number: 8991301
    Abstract: A device for steeping barley having a container for containing the barley to be steeped. The container has a floor and the floor has passageways for flowing at least one of steeping water and gases through the passageways. The device further includes a water line system under the floor directly connected to the passageways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Buehler AG
    Inventors: Bernardus Van Dieren, Gerardus Toonen
  • Publication number: 20150086699
    Abstract: A system for making a personalized malt-based beverage may comprise at least one packaged base liquid and at least one separately packaged flavor ingredient. The at least one packaged base liquid may comprise at least about 0.1% wt ethyl alcohol, at least about 3% wt malt extract solids, and a carbon dioxide level between about zero grams per liter and about 1.5 grams per liter. The separately packaged flavor ingredient may comprise a dry ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: ANHEUSER-BUSCH, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome PELLAUD, Frank Z. HELLWIG, James P. KEANE, Wilfried LOSSIGNOL, Aaron PENN, Patrick O'RIORDAN
  • Publication number: 20150086674
    Abstract: Multi-stage fermentation process for making red/white/rosé wines having a unique, unexpected and intense “vertical palate” (VP) of aroma, flavors and exceptional finish. The inventive VP wines are a blend of 3-4 feed stocks: I. Red: A) a primary and secondary fermented, barrel-aged must-based wine; B) a flashed-must, barrel-fermented, barrel-aged wine; C) a flashed-on-skin primary and secondary fermented, barrel-aged wine; or D) A+C; and II. White: A-1) a low solids, juice-based barrel fermented wine, and/or A-2) a low solids primary and secondary fermented, barrel or tank-aged wine; B) a flashed-juice, concentrated, barrel-fermented, barrel or tank-aged wine; C) a flashed-juice, concentrated, primary and secondary fermented, barrel or tank-aged wine; or D) A-2+C. Quantitative assays show the inventive VPP wines have 2-3X phenolic components as compared to traditional fermentation process wines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Barry Gnekow
  • Publication number: 20150079253
    Abstract: A method of filling an aluminium container with wine, and a filled aluminum container containing a wine characterized in that the maximum oxygen content of the head space is 1% v/v and the wine prior to filling is micro filtered and dissolved oxygen levels throughout the aluminium container filling process are maintained up to 0.5 mg/L and final levels of dissolved CO2 are from 50 ppm for white and sparkling wines and from 50 ppm to 400 ppm for red wines, prior to filling the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: BAROKES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Gregory John Charles Stokes, Steven John Anthony Barics
  • Publication number: 20150064317
    Abstract: A carbonated protein beverage composition and a method of making it relate to a beverage prepared using a cold-fill preparation and packaging process and carbonation in the container prior to sealing, providing a protein beverage composition with a protein content of about 2.0% by weight to about 6% by weight protein, carbon dioxide at level of between about 1.6 volumes to about 3.5 volumes, a pH of between about 2.0 to about 3.4, and at least one additional ingredient, wherein both, at the time of packaging of the protein beverage composition and during subsequent storage without refrigeration for a time period of at least 18 months after packaging, substantial solubility of the protein is maintained in the beverage composition, and the protein beverage is essentially free of active microbes known to be harmful to human health in the absence of a preservative, wherein the essentially free from active microbe condition is created by the inactivation of microbes by carbonation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NEXT Proteins, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Sherwood, Steven Anthony Rittmanic, David A. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20150044349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants with increased levels of water soluble carbohydrates, particularly fructan, in the stem and leaf sheath. The present invention also provides methods of identifying and/or producing these plants. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel class of polypeptides designated MYB13 which upregulate the expression of enzymes involved in fructan synthesis. The present invention further relates to a novel promoter element that can be used to express genes predominantly in the stem and leaf sheath during the early reproductive stage of a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Gangping Xue, Cathrine Lynne Mcintyre, Maarten Christiaan Kooiker
  • Publication number: 20150030732
    Abstract: A method of treating an beverage, comprising exposing the beverage to an ion exchange matrix that bind one or more ionic constituents present in the beverage and reduce concentrations of the one or more ionic constituents in the beverage, wherein the ionic constituents have a noxious effect on humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: David Meadows, Howard Ketelson
  • Publication number: 20140373582
    Abstract: A method is provided for the production of alcohol from trees, the method comprising a step of treating a subject tree with mother cell lyases formed through cytolysis associated with sporulation of spore-forming aerobic bacteria, thereby degrading said tree into a powdery state and obtaining a tree degradation product; a step of sterilizing said tree degradation product; a step of treating said sterilized tree degradation product with a koji fungus (Aspergillus oryzae) thereby carrying out a primary fermentation; a step of adding a yeast to the fermentation broth obtained by said primary fermentation thereby carrying out a secondary fermentation; and a step of filtering the fermentation broth obtained by said secondary fermentation, wherein said mother cell lyases are obtained by culturing said spore-forming aerobic bacteria, subjecting the resultant culture medium to a starvation state, thereby converting said bacteria into endospores, and removing impurities including said endosporic bacteria from said cul
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kaoru Mitarai, Miho Sakai, Kenji Matsui
  • Patent number: 8915391
    Abstract: A drinkware rimming apparatus including a wetting receptacle, a cutout, and a rotatable tray having a plurality of spice receptacles. The tray is rotatable relative to the cutout (or vice-versa) to align and provide downward access to a desired spice receptacle or to the wetting receptacle. A cover may be included and the cutout can be in the cover and/or the tray. The cover can have beverage garnish compartments on a top surface thereof. The wetting receptacle can be positioned in a tray or on the cover. The cutout can be in another tray also having one or more spice receptacles and above the first-mentioned tray and rotatable independently of the lower tray. A method of applying spice to rims of drinkware is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Roxi Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Radow
  • Publication number: 20140373191
    Abstract: The invention provides a transgenic Glycine max event MON87751, plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, progeny plants, and commodity products comprising event MON87751. The invention also provides polynucleotides specific for event MON87751, plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising polynucleotides for event MON87751. The invention also provides methods related to event MON87751.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kim A. Beazley, Wen C. Burns, Robert H. Cole, II, Ted C. MacRae, John A. Miklos, Lisa G. Ruschke, Kairong Tian, Liping Wei, Kunsheng Wu
  • Publication number: 20140356511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel coffee liqueurs, and methods of producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Richard A. England
  • Publication number: 20140356922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity with improved properties and to compositions comprising these polypeptides suitable for use in the production of a food, beverage (e.g. beer), feed, or biofuel. Also described is an improved and cost-effective process for isolating glucoamylases suitable for large scale protein purification procedures. Furthermore, different methods and uses related to glucoamylases according to the invention are disclosed, such as in a brewing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Jacob Flyvholm Cramer, Neville Marshall Fish, Peter Edvard Degn, Igor Nikolaev, Paulien Kruithof, Piet Van Solingen, Sander Van Stigt Thans, Suzy Breneman, Jayarama K. Shetty, Sung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8889201
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is method for making an alcohol concentrate using a nested batch fermentation process, wherein multiple rounds of wort fermentation, distillation and refortification, is described. The rounds are repeated until the desired concentration of fermented wort is obtained. Another embodiment of the present invention is a method for a continuous fermentation process, wherein portions of the fermentation are distilled and the remaining wort is returned to the active fermentation. This process is repeated until the desired concentration of the fermented wort is obtained. Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a method for extraction of hops compounds, wherein the distilled alcohol from the nested or continuous fermentation process is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Pat's Backcountry Beverages, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick J. Tatera
  • Patent number: 8889206
    Abstract: A method (10) of making a wood insert (50) from a dismantled stave (20) of a barrel (12), such as a used bourbon barrel. The method (10) comprises the steps of conditioning the exterior surface (24) of a dismantled stave (20); and profiling the conditioned stave (30) to increase its aging surface area. The profiled stave (20) can then be heat treated (e.g., toasted and/or charred) to create the wood insert (50). The insert (50) can be used to integrate a wood flavoring during the aging of an alcoholic beverage, such as a non-bourbon whiskey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Steven Lix
  • Publication number: 20140310832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stress tolerant transgenic wheat plants. In particular, the present invention relates to stress tolerant transgenic wheat plants comprising an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a NAC transcription factor operably linked to a promoter capable of directing expression of the polynucleotide in a cell of the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Cathrine Lynne McIntyre, Gangping Xue
  • Publication number: 20140302201
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of using these compositions to improve the taste, aroma and quality of wine. The compositions are aqueous solutions containing gelatin having a concentration of about 45 g/L to about 55 g/L, gum Arabic having a concentration of about 92 g/L to about 112 g/L and copper sulfate having a concentration of about 0.014 g/L to about 0.018 g/L or ascorbic acid having a concentration of about 223 g/L to about 273 g/L and gum Arabic having a concentration of about 46 g/L to about 56 g/L or gelatin having a concentration of 42 g/L to about 52 g/L, gum Arabic having a concentration of about 86 g/L to about 106 g/L, ascorbic acid having a concentration of about 9.9 g/L to about 11 g/L and potassium metabisulfite having a concentration of about 12 g/L to about 15 g/L. When added to a glass of wine, or in larger volumes to a bottle or cask of wine, it improves the taste by reducing the bitterness and acidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Scotland Clark, III
  • Publication number: 20140287110
    Abstract: Apparatus and process for removing and/or converting contaminants in water-miscible organic solvent mixtures by surface interaction effects to forms less objectionable with lesser metabolic impacts for humans. The process both changes distillation entrapped contaminant compounds in-situ and effects removal of the compounds and their reaction products. In what follows, water-miscible-organic-solvent and water mixtures can be substituted for alcohols. The alcohol to be treated is placed in a ventilated vessel leaving room for head space. Contaminant free air or a specific organic-contaminant-free gas is injected into or otherwise placed in contact with the alcohol. A vacuum is pulled within the vessel, which draws the gas through the alcohol into the head space creating gas bubbles. Energy within a specified range of frequencies is imparted to the fluid causing cavitation and reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Persedo LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Mosier, Greg George
  • Publication number: 20140283164
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for introgressing a form of seedlessness, viz. stenospermocarpy (SSC) from subgenus Euvitis Planch. across a partial sterility barrier and partial pollen incompatibility barrier into subgenus Muscadinia Planch. and the plants produced by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SCARLET TANAGER LLC
    Inventor: PATTERSON JEFFREY BLOODWORTH
  • Publication number: 20140271782
    Abstract: A method for preparing ethanol-containing nanolipid particles, which can be used in food products, frozen desserts, or beverages. The method comprises nanolipidic vehicles in which ethanol-containing substances are encapsulated, said ethanol-containing nanolipidic vehicles can be combined with food products, desserts or beverage ingredients including those that are subsequently frozen, The food product, dessert or beverage can remain in a frozen state during consumption by an individual. A composition comprising ethanol-containing nanolipid particles, which can be used in food products, frozen desserts, or beverages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DERMAZONE SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael W. Fountain
  • Publication number: 20140255545
    Abstract: A method including bringing a grain raw material liquid into contact with a yeast to effectively improve foam properties of a sparkling beverage, a grain raw material liquid, and a sparkling beverage are provided. The method includes bringing a first grain raw material liquid into contact with a yeast to produce a second grain raw material liquid to be used for production of a sparkling beverage. The yeast may be an inactivated yeast. The method may further include producing the sparkling beverage using the second grain raw material liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: SAPPORO BREWERIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoichi Kozaki, Shigeki Araki, Yuta Katayama
  • Publication number: 20140234481
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of producing an alcoholic beverage by fermentation having flavor and taste of passion fruit and grapefruit, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: providing a gas stream containing hydrogen sulfide, bubbling the gas stream containing hydrogen sulfide into a grape juice and/or grape juice derived fractions prior to yeast inoculation, and/or during fermentation. The alcoholic beverage obtainable by the method can be chosen from the group constituted by wines, beers and spirits. Most preferably, the alcoholic beverage is a Sauvignon Blanc wine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: PERNOD RICARD
    Inventors: Audrey Joyce Dorsey, William James Marfell, Frank Benkwitz, Michael Johannes Harsch, Andrew Frost
  • Publication number: 20140234488
    Abstract: A beverage system is created having beverage, with at least one liquid. The beverage is created in a variety, including tea drink, coffee drink, milk drink, yogurt drink, malted drink, roasted cereal grain beverage, roasted nut and seed beverage, roasted bean beverage, distilled water, mineral water, sports drink, fruit juice, vegetable juice, fruit drink, vegetable drink, fruit skin drink, vegetable skin drink, plant drink, soft drink, alcoholic drink, and soup drink. The beverage is also created with or without addition of ingredient, including flavoring ingredient, nutritional ingredient, health ingredient, and other ingredient. The beverage can be served as hot drink, cold drink, cold drink with ice, and warm drink. The beverage can be caffeinated, or non caffeinated; and diet or non diet. The liquid includes water, oil, and alcohol. The beverage system is created in various form, including bubble beverage, instant beverage, and beverage with dissolved gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Alice Chang
  • Patent number: 8802169
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of producing a foaming alcoholic beverage such as beer, low-malt beer, and a beer-flavored foaming alcoholic beverage obtained by producing, without using any kind of barley (e.g., barley, wheat, malt), a pre-fermentation liquid using at least a syrup containing sources of carbon, sources of nitrogen, hops and water as raw materials and fermenting the pre-fermentation liquid with use of brewers' yeasts, wherein germinated grains are used; to thereby increase fermentability and attain superior flavor and improved foam quality. It is also an object of the present invention to provide an alcoholic beverage manufactured by the aforementioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sapporo Breweries Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuji Kimura, Naoyuki Kobayashi, Syunsuke Fukuhara, Shigehisa Yokoi