Patent ID: 8147884

Claim:
A method for producing an alcoholic beverage with foaming properties comprising: (a) mashing and liquefying malts, or malts and adjuncts into a mash, (b) filtering said mash to obtain a wort, (c) adding hops to said wort and boiling said wort to create a pre-fermentation liquid, (d) fermenting said pre-fermentation liquid using a brewers' yeast to obtain an alcoholic beverage, (e) filtering said alcoholic beverage with foaming properties after fermenting, wherein a pea protein is added during (a) to the mash, (b) to the wort, (c) to the pre-fermentation liquid and (d) to the alcoholic beverage or between (a) and (b) to the mash, (b) and (c) to the wort, (c) and (d) to the pre-fermentation liquid, and (d) and (e) to the alcoholic beverage; wherein said pea protein is from green peas of the species Pisum Sativum L and wherein said alcoholic beverage has a higher NIBEM value than a beverage made by an otherwise identical process that does not add green pea protein.