Suntory Limited

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Kazuhiro Hamatani

Miyoko Ono

Masakazu Takahashi

Johji Ogasahara

Susumu Furukubo

Kazuya Arakawa

The present invention is directed to a malt for brewing beer prepared by removing lipids by using subcritical or supercritical carbon dioxide, a beer using the said malt, and a method of preparing the said beer. In the beer obtained by using the malt prepared by the method of the present invention, wort clarity is good, filtration becomes rapid, and filtration efficiency is improved. Also, the obtained beer has good foam head retention, good foam lacing, a refreshingly clean taste and good flavor stability.

Method of preparing beer using lipid-removed malt

The present invention is directed to a method for producing hop extracts containing small amounts of resin deterioration products, comprising extracting the hop extracts from dry hops using recycled carbon dioxide wherein said carbon dioxide is in a dry subcritical or supercritical condition, and to hop extracts obtained thereby. The hop extracts thus obtained are very useful in the production of high quality beer having a sharp and refreshing taste.

Method for production of hop extracts and hop extracts obtained thereby

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Osaka, Japan

Kazuhiro Hamatani