Patent ID: 8349191

Claim:
A system for treatment of a beverage fluid, comprising: a first mixing station in flow communication with a reservoir and comprising a mixer and a source of inert gas for introducing an inert gas into a beverage fluid from the reservoir to provide inert gas saturated beverage fluid, which inert gas saturated beverage fluid will displace undesired gasses in the beverage fluid; a sparging column in flow communication with the first mixing station for receiving the inert gas saturated beverage fluid and configured to enable the inert gas and undesired gasses to be released from the inert gas saturated beverage fluid to provide beverage fluid depleted, relative to the inert gas saturated beverage fluid, of both the inert gas and the undesired gasses; and a second mixing station in flow communication with the sparging column for receiving the depleted beverage fluid, the second mixing station comprising a mixer and a source of oxygen or air for oxygenating the depleted beverage fluid to provide oxygen enriched beverage fluid.