IMPROVEMENTS IN BREWING BY THE
Year: 1839

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
MONTAGUE GROVER, of Boveney, in the County of Buckingham, Clerk, send
greeting
WHEREAS there is contained in the beard or auns of barley a vegetable
extract possessed of certain detergent properties, which, when combined with
any saccharine matter, is found to possess the property of converting the same
into a sweet wort fitted for the production of beer; and whereas Her present
most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters Patent under the
Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-sixth
day of March, in the second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs
and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry Montague Grover,
Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Henry Montague Grover, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Henry Montague Grover, my executors, administrators,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BREWING BY THE

page_text: USE OF A MATERIAL NOT HITHERTO SO USED;" in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso obliging me, the said Henry Montague Grover, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and
ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, and to cause the same to be inrolled in Her Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Henry Montague Grover, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is described and
ascertained in the following explanation thereof (that is to say) :-
My Invention relates to the application of the beard or auns of barley in the
brewing of beer, ale, and porter, or other such like fermented liquors. And in
order to give the best information in my power, I will proceed to describe the
process pursued by me in order to carry out my Invention; at the same time I
would remark, that such process may be varied without departing from my
Invention, so long as the beard or auns of barley is used in the brewing of
beer or other such like fermented liquors. I make an extract or wort from
the said barley auns or beards by infusing the same in boiling or heated water
in the same manner as is usually practised with malt, to make sweet wort for
beer, and generally called (in the process of brewing) "mashing." And I use
for that purpose the proportion of from six to twelve gallons of boiled
or heated
water to every bushel of the barley beard or auns; but the quantity of water
used depends on the strength of the beer, ale, porter, or other such fer-
mented liquor to be made. I then cover up the mash with a thick cloth
whilst the process of infusion or mashing is going on, and permit the said
mash to stand four hours; but a good wort or extract from the mash may be
drawn off after standing for two hours in the mashing, or at other periods
according to circumstances, but I usually permit it to stand four hours. The
said mash or infusion being completed, the extract or wort is drawn off there
from by an aperture or faucet, fitted with a plug or spigot at the bottom of the
vessel in which the mash is made, in the usual way of drawing wort from a
mash tub in brewing beer from malt; and the said wort or extract of barley
beard or auns being so drawn off, another quantity of wort may be produced
from the same barley auns or beard fit for brewing other beer, by pouring
thereon more boiling water, and allowing it to stand a suitable time; and I
usually permit it to stand for one hour, but I use a less quantity of boiling or

page_text: heated water in the second mashing than in the former one, being generally
about two thirds of the quantity of the first mash, but the quantity used will
depend on the strength of beer which is proposed to be brewed therefrom.
The extract thus obtained is used in producing beer, ale, or porter; or other
such fermented liquor by combining the extract with sweet wort, syrup, or sweet
liquor, prepared froin malt, sugar, mangell wurzell, or other sacharine material,
by mixing the said wort or extract of the beard or auns of barley with such
sweet wort, syrup, or sweet liquor, and then brewing the said mixed liquors or
worts by boiling the same with hops or otherwise, and working and cleansing
the same according to the usual processes employed in brewing beer, ale,
porter, or other such fermented liquor respectively, by which means less
expensive beer, ale, porter, or other such fermented liquor is obtained than if
brewed with malt or other sacharine matters heretofore used for like purposes;
but in brewing beer as hereby described for the purpose of making vinegar
therefrom I do not make use of hops, and I consider it is not necessary to boil
the combined extract and sweet liquor in that case, but it may equally be done
by boiling the said combined worts previous to fermentation. It will be
evident that various proportions of the said extract of beard or auns of barley
may be employed with various proportions of such syrup, sweet liquor, or wort
of malt, or other saccharine matter as aforesaid; I do not, therefore, confine
myself to any particular quantities; and I have found that one half of such
syrup, sweet liquor, wort of malt, or other sweet wort, and one half of the said
extract or wort of barley auns, produces a valuable combined wort, to be used
in brewing beer, ale, porter, or other such fermented liquor; but such propor-
tions may be varied according to the judgment of the brewer. I would
remark, that although I can brew with the sweet wort of malt, combined with
the extract or wort obtained from the beard or auns of barley, yet it will be
evident the great object of my Invention is to brew by using the said extract
of barley auns, in combination with syrup or sweet liquor, prepared from sugar
or molasses, beetroot, mangell wurzell, or other such saccharine material.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I would have it under-
stood, that what I claim as my Invention is, the brewing beer, ale, porter, or
other such fermented liquors by the use or application of the beards or auns of
barley, in conjunction with any other appropriate and suitable ingredients.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Montague Grover, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of September, One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
HENRY M. (L.S.) GROVER.
HENRY M. (L.S.)
(L.S.) GROVER.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twenty-fourth day of
September, in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Henry Montague
Grover came before our Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged
the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Twenty-sixth day of September, in the year above written.