Thursday’s ad is entitled Casting Lessons in the Backyard, and the illustration was done in 1952 by Douglass Crockwell. It’s #68 in a series entitled “Home Life in America,” also known as the Beer Belongs series of ads that the United States Brewers Foundation ran from 1945 to 1956. In this ad, a group of people are relaxing in someone’s backyard. After many beers, they decided it would be a good idea to get out a fishing rod and start lawn casting.
Today in 1992, US Patent 1302922 C was issued, an invention of Joseph L. Owades, for his “Process for Producing a Malt Beverage Having Improved Foaming Properties and Product Produced Therefrom.” Here’s the Abstract:
The foaming properties of a brewed malt beverage are improved by adding to the beverage during the normal brewing process a measured quantity of ginseng.
Today in 1908, US Patent 890031 A was issued, an invention of John F. Dornfeld, for his “Malting Kiln.” There’s no Abstract, though it’s described this way in the application:
I have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Malting-Kilns, of which the following is a specification.
Malting kilns as heretofore constructed comprise buildings of considerable height, in the upper part of which are arranged the malting floor or floors, and in the lower part are introduced the hot gases and. products of combustion from a furnace, together with a quantity of fresh air. No means is provided for mixing the hot and the cold air to produce a uniform temperature throughout the kiln and asa consequence the hot air rises in columns through the cooler surrounding air reaching the top of the kiln and there escaping through the ventilator at a temperature considerably in 4excess of the cool fresh air remaining in the bottom of the kiln.
One of the objects of this invention is to obviate the difficulty mentioned by mixing by mechanical means, the hot air and gases with cool fresh air, making a uniform mixture and introducing said mixture into the Further objects of the invention are to reduce the height of the kiln building, which reduction is rendered possible by locating the furnace outside of the kiln proper, and in other ways to improve the construction of such kiln.
Wednesday’s ad is entitled Amateur Fortune Teller, and the illustration was done in 1952 by Douglass Crockwell. It’s #66 in a series entitled “Home Life in America,” also known as the Beer Belongs series of ads that the United States Brewers Foundation ran from 1945 to 1956. In this ad, a woman put on a scarf, sat down at a table and began reading palms. Luckily, the beer probably helps with their gullibility.
Today in 2010, US Patent 7730912 B2 was issued, an invention of John Richard Blichmann, for his “Bottle Filler.” Here’s the Abstract:
An improved bottle filler assembly for filling bottles from kegged carbonated or non carbonated beverages without carbonation loss or oxidation that is intuitive to use, sanitize, and keep free of bacteria. In the preferred embodiment, a long hose gradually reduces the pressure of the beverage on the way to the filler. Two tubes are placed inside each other forming an annulus where CO2 can be forced to the bottom of the bottle via a CO2 valve thereby purging the bottle of air (O2). A valve seat placed on the bottom of the tubes allows the beverage to flow into the bottle from the bottom by depressing a trigger.
Today in 1937, US Patent 2083281 A was issued, an invention of Fred M. Spayd, for his “Beer Tap Fitting.” There’s no Abstract, though it’s described this way in the application:
This invention relates to liquid dispensing apparatus and more particularly to beer dispensers and cleaning apparatus therefor.
One object of the invention is the provision of a beer keg or the like having a thing through which the draft tube can be inserted and having a bayonet connection with the keg bung, the fitting having a self-closing valve adapted to be opened and to be held open by the draft tube, but normally closed when the draft tube is withdrawn so that the pressure within the keg may be maintained.
Another object of the invention is the provision of a self-closing valve fitting adapted to be readily attached to and disconnected from a barrel bung, and having attaching means at its opposite ends which are complementary to one another so that the fitting is adapted for use with standard connections.
Tuesday’s ad is entitled The Bride’s First Dinner Party, and the illustration was done in 1952 by Ray Prohaska. It’s #66 in a series entitled “Home Life in America,” also known as the Beer Belongs series of ads that the United States Brewers Foundation ran from 1945 to 1956. In this ad, a new couple is apparently having guests over to their new home for the very first time. The table is set, and the husband has delivered beers to their guests to soften them up. I think she’s whispering to him how well things are going so far. And that, undoubtedly thanks to the beer they’re giving their guests.
Today in 2012, US Patent WO 2011150933 A3 was issued, an invention of Lene Mølskov BECH, Søren Knudsen, Ole Olsen, Preben Riis, and Birgitte Skadhauge, assigned to Carlsberg Breweries A/S and Heineken Supply Chain B.V., for their “Energy Saving Brewing Method.” Here’s the Abstract:
Barley based beverages are produced in large quantities, employing highly energy consuming methods, for example in the malting and brewhouse facilities for kiln drying and wort boiling operations, respectively. The present invention relates to energy saving methods for preparing barley based beverages, as well as to barley plants useful in such methods. In particular, the invention describes barley plants with combined traits of null-lipoxygenase-1 (null-LOX-1), null-lipoxygenase-2 (null-LOX-2) and null-S-adenosylmethionine:methionine S-methyltransferase in one plant, which is particularly useful for energy saving methods to prepare barley based beverages, such as beer.
Today in 2001, US Patent WO 2001040514 A1 was issued, an invention of Makiko Jibiki, assigned to Asahi Breweries, Ltd., for his “Method of Judging Flocculating Properties of Bottom Brewer’s Yeast.” Here’s the Abstract:
A method of easily evaluating the flocculating properties of bottom brewer’s yeast within a short period of time at a high reproducibility without carrying out fermentation. This method is characterized by using the ORF sequence of a flocculation gene FLO5 of a laboratory yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Monday’s ad is entitled Home Preview of the Mardi Gras Costume, and the illustration was done in 1952 by Douglass Crockwell. It’s #65 in a series entitled “Home Life in America,” also known as the Beer Belongs series of ads that the United States Brewers Foundation ran from 1945 to 1956. In this ad, a group of people in a New Orleans courtyard, beers in hand, are looking over a costume that shortly thereafter will be up on a float in a Mardi Gras parade. I don’t know if that was a common party theme, but it seems like a fairly thin excuse for a celebration.
