METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF LIGHT BEER Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC C12C12/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: hop is extracted with liquid nitrogen to separate according miscella. Chicory is cut and dried in microwave field at specified parametres of the process, chicory and malt are mixed in a certain ratio. Produced mixture is impregnated with separated miscella with simultaneous increase of pressure up to value that corresponds to pressure of saturated nitrogen vapours at the temperature of impregnation. Pressure is reduced down to atmospheric one with simultaneous freezing of mixture, its cryo-grinding is carried out in medium of released nitrogen, poured with drinking water and saccharified to produce wort. Beer yeast is added into wort, fermented and filtered to make finished product.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to reduce duration of technological process and to increase stability of foam in finished product.