Patent ID: 6316034
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: C12C,C12H,C12N

Abstract:
A method of making a fermented product comprising:providing a first wort that comprises a fermentable carbohydrate;adding a yeast preparation to the first wort;providing conditions that are conducive to fermentation of the carbohydrate by the yeast preparation, thereby producing a first fermented mixture;separating yeast from the first fermented mixture to provide a volume of a fermented beverage;preparing a re-pitching inoculum comprising at least a portion of the yeast separated from the first fermented mixture;adding to the re-pitching inoculum an amount of lysozyme effective to inhibit growth of a bacterium in the re-pitching inoculum without acid washing the re-pitching inoculum, thereby generating a lysozyme-containing re-pitching inoculum mixture that has not been acid washed;adding the lysozyme-containing non-acid washed inoculum mixture to a second wort, the second wort comprising a fermentable carbohydrate; andproviding conditions that are conducive to fermentation of the carbohydrate of the inoculated second wort by the yeast of the lysozyme-containing non-acid washed inoculum mixture, thereby producing a second fermented mixture.