ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,591, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Heineken Supply Chain B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Low-alcohol beer with reduced wort flavor" was invented by Eric Richard Brouwer (Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands), Hilda Els Smit (Noorden, Netherlands), Albert Doderer (Rijswijk, Netherlands) and Augustinus Cornelius Aldegonde Petrus Albert Bekkers (Bunnik, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to a beer having an ethanol content of 0-1.0 vol. %, comprising at least 0.001 Mug/l eth-yl-2-methylpentanoate (EMP). It has been found that EMP has a strong wort-flavor masking effect. A beer of the invention has low wort-flavor and ...