Pressurized Beverage Concentrates and Appliances and Methods for Producing Beverages Therefrom

a technology of concentrates and beverages, applied in the direction of biochemistry apparatus and processes, transportation and packaging, packaging, etc., can solve the problems of inability to provide carbonated beverages, inability to meet consumers' needs and desires for these varied beverages, and many drawbacks of existing devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-01-11
ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA
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Benefits of technology

Enables quick and easy preparation of single or multiple servings of diverse beverages, including craft beers and other carbonated drinks, offering complex flavors and mouth-feel not achievable with existing products, by using a container with pressurized gas and diluting the concentrate with water or carbonated water.

Problems solved by technology

However, these existing devices suffer from many drawbacks.
The pre-packaged containers described above simply cannot (for example) be used to provide carbonated drinks, such as beer, and are incapable of meeting consumers' needs and desires for these varied beverages.

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example 1

[0059]A concentrated, carbonated beer, having three times the sugar and alcohol by volume (ABV) levels of the high-gravity beer from which the concentrated beer is derived, is packaged and sealed in a plastic pod with carbon dioxide pressurized to 9.4 bar above atmospheric pressure at 23° C. The concentrated, pressurized beer is diluted with carbonated water to form a beverage having an alcohol content of about 8-10 ABV.

example 2

[0060]A concentrated beer, having two times the sugar and alcohol by volume (ABV) levels of the beer from which the concentrated beer is derived, is packaged and sealed in a steel cartridge with nitrous oxide pressurized to 20 bar above atmospheric pressure at 23° C. The concentrated. pressurized beer is diluted with hypercarbonated water to form a beverage having an alcohol content of about 4-6 ABV, and the beverage can be dispensed.

example 3

[0061]A concentrated, hypercarbonated beer, having an alcohol content of between 12 and 16 alcohol by volume (ABV), is packaged and sealed in a capsule containing carbon dioxide pressurized to 15 bar above atmospheric pressure at 23° C. The concentrated, hypercarbonated beer is diluted with water to produce multiple servings of a beverage having an alcohol content of between 6-8 ABV, and concentrated flavors are added to the servings of the beverage before it is dispensed.

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Abstract

The present invention describes methods and devices in which concentrated beverage products, each packaged in a pressurized container, can be combined with liquids and / or other ingredients to produce one or more servings of a beverage. These products provide users with a convenient way to prepare both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (including carbonated beverages) in various serving sizes and quantities by combining the pressurized beverage concentrate with (possibly carbonated) liquids and other ingredients.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention pertains to devices and methods for delivering pressurized, concentrated beverages, as well as appliances and methods for producing one or more beverages from such pressurized beverage concentrates. More particularly, the present invention is directed to: a) devices for delivering a concentrated beverage that comprise a concentrated beverage contained within a container along with pressurized gas, and methods for manufacturing such devices; and b) methods and appliances for producing beverages from a pressurized beverage concentrate by unsealing a container in which the pressurized beverage concentrate is stored and diluting the concentrate with a liquid.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In recent years, a diverse array of devices for preparing and dispensing beverages have been developed and marketed. Some of these methods and devices allow users to prepare beverages, such as coffee or tea, in single-serving quantities on demand. These devi...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B67D1/00B67D1/08B01F3/04B01F5/04C12C11/11C12C5/02A23L2/38
CPCB67D1/0078B01F3/04787B01F5/0413B01F3/04836C12C5/026C12C11/11B67D1/0021B67D1/0045B67D1/0046B67D1/0801B01F2215/007B67D2001/0092B67D2210/0012B67D2001/0822B67D1/0043B67D2001/0091B01F23/236B01F23/2368B01F25/312B67D1/00B01F2101/16
InventorPEIRSMAN, DANIELVANDEKERCKHOVE, STIJNPELLAUD, JEROMEDAVIS, NATHANIEL
OwnerANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA