Friday’s ad is for Heineken’s Extra Stout, from maybe the early 1960s. I did come across a label for Heineken Extra Stout from 1961, but little else about the beer. Given Heineken’s image today, it certainly seems odd that they would have brewed a dark beer, but why not.
Today in 1984, US Patent 4483881 A was issued, an invention of Bernhard Lenz, for his “Process For Discontinuous Wort Boiling During Beer Manufacture.” Here’s the Abstract:
In discontinuous wort boiling for the manufacture of beer, the energy of the vapor arising from the boiling is used in a heat exchanger for the production of hot water. The heated brewing water is reheated in a second heat exchange process by the energy from the vapor arising from the boiling and, with this reheated brewing water, the refined wort is heated again in another heat exchange process before the boiling, whereby the brewing water which is cooled in this heat exchange process is reheated by the energy from the vapor arising from the boiling. Thus, the energy from the vapor produced during the wort boiling is fed directly back into the wort boiling process.
Today in 1934, US Patent 1981627 A was issued, an invention of Ralph S. Merriman, assigned to the Closure Service Company, for his “Coaster.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
My invention relates to an article of manufacture designed for use as a tray or holder for glass tumblers, bottles or the like.
Today in 1934, US Patent 1981014 A was issued, an invention of Otto Weigelt, for his “Beer Cooler.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
This invention relates to beer coolers, and more particularly to the water pipe beer cooler of the type adapted for use in brewing establishments.
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel beer cooler having means for greatly improved distribution of the beer while undergoing the cooling process, so as to invoke and utilize the greatest amount of cooling efficiency of the apparatus.
A further object is to provide a beer cooler of the water pipe type having an efficient and simple means for accommodating a variation in length of the pipes employed caused by their expansion or contraction during use.
Another object is to provide end manifolds for the pipes having longitudinally slideable mountings permanently secured but capable of limited movement to accommodate variations in expansion and contraction of the water pipes.
Thursday’s ad is for Brand Bier, which was established in 1430. If you’re going to pick a brand name for your beer, Brand seems like a pretty good way to go. Brand Bier is still a going concern, and is the oldest brewer in the Netherlands. As for this ad, I’m not sure when it is from, though given how generic it is, it could really be from any time. I’m also not sure if the dozen full beer glasses are meant to spell out anything or otherwise represent some shape.
Today in 2013, US Patent 8584665 B2 was issued, an invention of Kurt Stippler and Klaus-Karl Wasmuht, assigned to Krones Ag, for his “Brewery Plant and Method.” Here’s the Abstract:
A brewery plant with at least one mash container, a lauter tun, a wort pan and a water housing, wherein at least part of the thermal energy requirement of the brewery is covered with solar collectors, and the solar collectors directly or indirectly heat a fluid. Also, a brewing method where the thermal energy requirement for at least of a part of the brewing process stages is at least partially covered with a fluid heated directly or indirectly by solar collectors.
Today in 1957, US Patent 2813638 A was issued, an invention of Frank H. Miller Jr., assigned to Miller Engineering Corp., for his “Palletizer.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
This invention relates to a palletizing device and to the method of operation thereof, and in particular to a palletizing device which is completely automatic in operation.
Today in 1872, US Patent 133152 A was issued, an invention of Nehemiah E. Hinds, for his “Improvement in Apparatus for Curing Hops.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
This invention relates to an Improvement in kilns for curing hops; and consists, first, of a series of tubes connected with a steam generator outside of the kiln, arranged within the kiln in such a manner as to discharge the steam beneath the hops and permit it to pass up through the hops, thereby thoroughly saturating them, the object of this part of the invention being to keep the hops thoroughly dampened while undergoing the bleaching process; secondly, of a pair of frames, covered with canvas, arranged within the kiln in such a manner as to be swung down upon and I completely cover the hops, the object of this part of the invention being to partially confine the steam, but more especially the fumes of the brimstone, within the kiln, and only permit them to escape slowly through the canvas—the united objects of the two parts of the invention being to produce a kiln that will cure hops in a manner far superior to the kilns heretofore in use.
Wednesday’s ad is for Heineken’s Bierbrouwerij Maatschappij, which was established in 1873. A few years before, 1864, Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought the Haystack Brewery, later changing its name to HBM, which essentially means Heineken’s brewery or beer company. I suspect this ad is from the late 1800s, as it resembles ones from that time period.
Today in 1902, US Patent 713975 A was issued, an invention of Philipp Forg, for his “Bung and Tapping Device for Beer-Barrels.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
The object of this invention is to provide an improved bung for beer-barrels and also an improved beer-barrel tapping device which is adapted to be used in connection therewith; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a beer-bung for beer-barrels and a tapping device for beer-barrels constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.
