Tuesday’s ad is another one for Schaefer Beer, again from 1947. It’s one of a series of ads Schaefer did with famous people talking about the “Finest Beer I Ever tasted.” In this one, it’s Barry Fitzgerald, who was an Irish actor, best known for his roll in “Going My Way,” for which he won an Oscar.
Archives for April 21, 2015
Patent No. 4659662A: Batch Fermentation Process
Today in 1987, US Patent 4659662 A was issued, an invention of Win-Pen Hsu, assigned to J. E. Siebel Sons’ Company, Inc., for his “Batch Fermentation Process.” Here’s the Abstract:
Ethanol and fermented beverages such as beer or wine are produced in a batch process by contacting a fermentable substrate with yeast cells encapsulated within a porous, semi-permeable material. Contacting is carrier out in a vessel containing the substrate and a semi-permeable retaining means submerged in the substrate. Encapsulated yeast cells are maintained below the retaining means and in contact with the substrate during fermentation while being freely movable in a portion of the substrate. The retaining means is permeable to the substrate and is substantially impermeable to the encapsulated yeast cells. Preferably, the matrix encapsulating the yeast cells is an alginate gel.
Patent No. D99407S: Design For A Metal Beer Can
Today in 1936, US Patent D99407 S was issued, an invention of Charles E. Mcmanus, for his “Design for a Metal Beer Can.” There’s no Abstract, and not much to the application, either which says simply that he’s “invented a new, original, and ornamental Design for a Metal Beer Can.”