ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,698, issued on May 6.
"Method and relative apparatus for the production of beer" was invented by Francesco Meneguzzo (San Miniato, Italy) and Lorenzo Albanese (Carmignano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, and related apparatus, for producing beer from any types of grains includes activating phenomena of controlled hydro-dynamic cavitation during all the steps of the process, from mashing to hopping, and possibly after yeast inoculation. The present method and apparatus provide a number of advantages over traditional techniques, for example, avoiding the pre-crushing of the malts or the grains, thereby increasing the eff...