Improvements in the Preparation or Treatment of Beer.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 25th Aug.. 1896-Accepted 26th Sept. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Preparation or Treatment of Beer.
I, ROBERT FREE, of Mistley, in the County of Essex, Maltster, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to impart to beers a priming which will bring the
beers into condition rapidly and give a palate fulness thereto and impart to beers
generally other beneficial qualities.
For this purpose I use a diastasic malt extract prepared from English malt
without the use of chemicals and concentrated in vacuo as a priming for every
description of ale and beer, and also to be used in combination with beers for
invalids.
In carrying my invention into effect I reduce the extract to a specific gravity of
about 1145 to 1150 by adding liquor thereto at a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit.
After being duly passed by the Excise it is then run into another vessel. I then
add to the beer, which has finished fermenting, the reduced extract, either alone
or, if desired, in conjunction with sugar or other priming, in the fermenting vessel,
or, if preferred, in the bottles or casks before or after they have been filled, in
whatever quantity the brewer may think fit. From one to four pints of the
dissolved extract may be added to the barrel of beer, according to the gravity of
the latter and the purpose I wish to serve, but I do not confine myself to the
proportions used.
By this means the beer is greatly improved in flavour, it comes into condition in
much less time than when without the extract and carries with it a greater amount
of CO2 than could be obtained in ordinary beer.
My invention also comprises the use of other malt extracts in a similar manner
but the extract I have first described is that which I preferably use and which
gives the best results.
Dated October 25th 1895
I, ROBERT FREE, of Mistley, in the County of Essex, Maltster, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of my invention is to impart to beers a priming which will bring the
beers into condition rapidly, give a palate fulness thereto and impart to beers
generally other beneficial qualities.
For this purpose I use a diastasic malt extract prepared from English or other
good malt without the use of chemicals and concentrated in vacuo, as a prining
for every description of ale and beer, and also to be used in combination with beers
for invalids.

page_text: In carrying my invention into effect I reduce the extract to a specific gravity
of about 1145 to 1150 by adding liquor thereto at a temperature of about
60° Fahrenheit. After being duly passed by the Excise, it is then run into
another vessel. I then add to the beer, which has finished fermenting, the
reduced extract, either alone or, if desired, in conjunction with sugar or other
priming, in the fermenting vessel, or, if preferred, in the bottles or casks before or
after they have been filled, in whatever quantity the brewer may think fit. As an
example from one to four pints of the dissolved extract may be added to the barrel
of beer, according to the gravity of the latter and the purpose I wish to serve, but
I do not confine myself to the proportions used.
By this means the beer is greatly improved in flavour, it comes into condition in
much less time than it does when no extract is combined therewith owing to the
action of the malt extract acting as a yeast food, and the beer carries with it a
greater amount of CO2 than could be obtained in ordinary beer.
My invention also comprises the use of other malt extracts in a similar manner,
but the extract I have first described is that which I preferably use and which
gives the best results.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The preparation or treatment of beer by the addition thereto or combination
therewith of a proportion of diastasic or other malt extract, substantially as herein
set forth and for the purposes stated.
2. The preparation or treatment of beer which has finished fermenting by the
addition thereto or combination therewith of a proportion of diastasic or other
malt extract, substantially as herein set forth and for the purposes stated.
Dated this 25th day of August 1806
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.