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Patent No. RE10509E: Mash Cooler

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Today in 1884, US Patent RE10509 E was issued, an invention of Frederick O. Kunz, for his “Mash Cooler.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes these claims:

This invention relates to an apparatus for cooling mash to the fermentation temperature, which is simple in construction, effective in operation, and capable of being thoroughly cleaned with facility. The apparatus comprises a vertical column or chamber, which is traversed by a series of water conducting pipes, and is provided with detachable outer walls and doors for gaining access into the interior of the column and the tubes, for cleaning and other purposes. The water-tubes extend through the shell of the vertical column and lead into small non-communicating chambers formed between the shell of the cooler and the outer walls. The object of these chambers is to cause the water circulating through the tubes in an upward 0 direction to take a circuitous or zigzag course and flow out at the top of the cooler. The mash to be cooled flows into the cooler at the top thereof, and is strained and thrown down over the pipes in the form of a shower, and it makes its exit at the bottom of the cooler and passes through a vertical stand-pipe and escapes at the top of the latter, being then of a temperature suitable for immediate fermentation in the customary fermenters.

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Beer In Ads #1999: The Four Carlsberg Seasons

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Thursday’s ad is for Carlsberg Pilsner, though I’m not sure of the exact date. It could be as old as the 1890s, but it could also be a little later, possibly into the 1930s. Although the label, though hard to see, looks like it could be more modern so it could even be a more recent ad designed to look like it came from an older time. Either way, it’s a beautiful ad, and is reminiscent of Alphonse Mucha. Showing the four seasons of beer drinking, the tagline translates to “drink year round.” The four words below each season translate, via Google translate, to “easy, mild, tasty, and durable,” but I’m willing to bet that’s not exactly right. The artist’s name is in the lower left corner, but it’s written in a stylized lettering, and is hard to make out, something like Carten Raunt. But it’s a beautiful ad.

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Patent No. 20110195150A1: Composition Of “Radoy” Beer And Its Production Method

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Today in 2011, US Patent 20110195150 A1 was issued, an invention of Yevhen Yukhnytsya, for his “Composition of ‘Radoy’ Beer and its Production Method.” Here’s the Abstract:

A beer composition includes water, ground malt, yeast of bottom fermentation, hop extract and milk thistle solution in the following proportion: 100 l water; 10-50 kg ground malt; 1.0-3.0 l yeast of bottom fermentation; 10-30 g of alpha acid of hops extract; 5-30 g milk thistle solution for 1 l of wort. A production method includes mash preparation, mash saccharification, wort separation from the spent grains, wort boiling, fermentation, and after-fermentation. At the beginning of wort boiling the milk thistle is added, whose fruits were ground in a grinder with a roller distance of 0-2.5 mm, the grinding is mixed with water, heated to 70-150° C., and boiled for 45-90 minutes, whereupon milk thistle fruit concentration makes from 1 to 99% of wort volume. The beer composition enables not only a positive effect on a human body, especially on a liver and kidneys, but also having curative properties.

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Patent No. 4343231A: Brewing Apparatus Having Sampling Means Delivering Suspension To Fermenting Vessel

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Today in 1982, US Patent 4343231 A was issued, an invention of Andre F. Devreux, assigned to the Compagnie Internationale de Participation et d’Investissement “Cipari” S.A., for his “Brewing Apparatus Having Sampling Means Delivering Suspension to Fermenting Vessel.” Here’s the Abstract:

A process for adjusting the amount of yeast introduced into a fermentative liquid comprises periodically taking a sample from a mass of suspended yeast maintained in movement in a closed circuit, subjecting the sample to fermentation by adding a nutrient element, and adjusting the supply of yeast to the liquid in accordance with the fermentative power of the treated yeast sample. The implementing plant comprises a container having a conical bottom containing yeast suspended in a liquid, a pipe connecting the bottom of the container to a fermentation tank, and a regulating or adjusting pump for supplying yeast from the container into the tank. A pipe for recycling the suspended yeast in the container is provided, as well as means for ensuring, during a predetermined time interval, the recycling of the suspension of yeast from the bottom of the container to the upper part thereof. Sampling means periodically extract a predetermined volume of the recycling yeast suspension and deliver it to a small fermenting vessel whereat the nutrient agent is supplied. Means are then provided for determining the fermentative power of the yeast sample and for adjusting the yeast supply of the fermentation tank in accordance therewith.

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Patent No. 587987A: Means For Aerating And Refrigerating Liquids

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Today in 1897, US Patent 587987 A was issued, an invention of George Mills, for his “Means For Aerating and Refrigerating Liquids.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes these claims:

My invention relates to means for aerating and refrigerating liquids, and has particular reference to a pressure apparatus for forcing beer or other liquids from a supply-cock to the faucet by means of a coupling-body of novel and convenient construction, and an air and draw-off pipe leading into the cock to a point near the bottom thereof in connection with the coupling-body.

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Beer In Ads #1996: Carlsberg Bottleheads

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Monday’s ad is for Carlsberg, from the 1940s, sometime during World War 2. In this Danish ad, apparently they abandoned their old label because it contained associations to the Nazis with the religious form of a swastika, and instead advertised a more modern (for the time) look. But I do love the bottleheads and the personifications of each type of beer.

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Patent No. 502835A: Porter Or Beer Tap

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Today in 1893, US Patent 502835 A was issued, an invention of Charles I. Snyder, for his “Porter or Beer Tap.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes these claims:

Before filling the keg, was closed ordinarily by means of a cork. This latter was forced in as the tap was driven into the keg, the tap itself being provided with a stopper (to prevent the escape of the liquor) which also was forced into the keg upon the insertion of the ordinary tap rod which communicates with the bar cock or faucet the liquor being forced through said tap rod by the pressure introduced into the keg, through the air passage and chamber of the tap, from the air pump with which the tap is connected.

Now in order that the tap shall operate successfully, it is essential that the joint between it and the keg shall be perfect to prevent the escape of the air or gas which is being forced into the keg insuring the passage of the liquor through the tap rod as the faucet is turned on. To attain this air tight joint, it is customary to use a packing of paper around the tap. This packing becomes saturated with the-liquor in a very little while and exceedingly offensive; besides does not always suffice for the purpose. Further: more, every time a tap is driven into a keg, the tap hole is more and more enlarged until the tap can no longer be used, when it be comes necessary to insert anew head. All these defects are overcome by my invention which consists: in certain details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts, all of which are more fully described hereinafter.

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Beer In Ads #1995: Two Out Of Three Carlsbergs

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Sunday’s ad is for Carlsberg, from 1972. In this U.S. ad, three of the beers Carlsberg imported at the time include Gold Label, Special Dark Lager and Elephant Malt Liquor. The tagline, “Two out of three Carlsbergs are great beers,” followed by (in smaller print), “the other is a great something else altogether.” I’m not sure I quite understand that, but why not. Also, for three bucks, you could send in and get six of the glasses in the ad.

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