ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,022, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Heineken Supply Chain B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Low-alcohol beer" was invented by Hilda Els Smit (Noorden, Netherlands), Eric Richard Brouwer (Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands), Augustinus Cornelius Aldegonde Petrus Albert Bekkers (Bunnik, Netherlands) and Albert Doderer (Rijswijk, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a method for preparing beer having an ethanol content of 0-1.0 vol. %, comprising providing a medium having an ethanol content of 0-20 vol. %, which medium comprises restricted-fermentation beer; subjecting said medium to a distillation step, thereby...