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- the object of our invention isto increase the yield of whisky from a given amount of grain by utilizing in subsequent processes the refuse products of previous processes, and this we do by first preparing the refuse product and bringing it into a condition in which it 1 may be advantageously-used; and, secondly, by introducing such prepared product into the subsequent processes of whisky-making.
- A represents the mash-tubs B, the mill-hoppers;
- J the millstones D, the beer-still;
- E low-wines receiver;
- F doublerstill G, beer heater and charger;
- H lowwines charger for doubling-still;
- I doublingstill, condenser, and flake-stand J, beer-still I K, fermenting-vats;
- L whisky-receiver;
- M hot-slop or spent-beer receiver; N, hot-slop connection with our improved process.
- the spent beer contains in suspension, in the first place, a considerable amount of refuse material of comparative large size-such as the chaff, bran, and larger particles of grainand, in the second place, minute particles of sugar or glucose, starch, and yeast.
- This second class of parti- 7o cles it is very important to preserve and introduceinto the subsequent operations of whisky-making.
- This second class of particles are so minute as that they will pass through the meshes of a fine sieve, and yet are sufticiently solid and separate from the liquid to form a deposit in any vessel in which the liquid may remain at rest.
- the purpose of our invention is to retain these fine or valuable particles in the liquid which is to be returned, I
- whisky In the manufacture of whisky, the mode of saving the sugar, starch, and yeast contained in a spent beer and in using the same, which consists in freeing the spent beer of coarse particles by mechanical means-such as a sieve-of rapidly cooling this thin slop, of causing such an agitation of .the slop as will
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M. J. ALLEN 81; W. B. BRADLEY.
PROCESS OF MAKING WHI'sK'Y.
'No. 263,087. Patented A .22, 1882.
UNITED STATES PATEFNITL OFFICE.
MARSHALL J. ALLEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, OF FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.
PROCESS OF MAKING WHISKY.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,087, dated August 22, 18 82.
Application filed April 29, 1882. (N model.)
To all whom "it may concern:
Be it known that we, MARSHALL J. ALLEN, of thecity, county, and State of NewYork,and WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, of the city of Frankfort, county of Franklin, State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Process of lliaking'whisky, of which the following is a specification.
The object of our invention isto increase the yield of whisky from a given amount of grain by utilizing in subsequent processes the refuse products of previous processes, and this we do by first preparing the refuse product and bringing it into a condition in which it 1 may be advantageously-used; and, secondly, by introducing such prepared product into the subsequent processes of whisky-making.
In all those methods of making whisky in which the entire grain introduced passes through the entire process and is delivered as a refuse product at the end of the operation The sheet of drawings hereto annexed rep resents a general View of a part of a-distillery 3 5 arranged for the practice of our improved process. We do not limit ourselves, however, to the special apparatus for carrying out the process, but show one form of apparatus by which it may be carried into effect. We shall not go into detail in the description of this apparatus, as the arrangement will be easily understood by those acquainted with the art.
In the drawing,A represents the mash-tubs B, the mill-hoppers; (J, the millstones D, the beer-still; E, low-wines receiver; F, doublerstill G, beer heater and charger; H, lowwines charger for doubling-still; I, doublingstill, condenser, and flake-stand J, beer-still I K, fermenting-vats; L, whisky-receiver; M, hot-slop or spent-beer receiver; N, hot-slop connection with our improved process.
It is well known that the spent beer contains in suspension, in the first place, a considerable amount of refuse material of comparative large size-such as the chaff, bran, and larger particles of grainand, in the second place, minute particles of sugar or glucose, starch, and yeast. This second class of parti- 7o cles it is very important to preserve and introduceinto the subsequent operations of whisky-making. This second class of particles are so minute as that they will pass through the meshes of a fine sieve, and yet are sufticiently solid and separate from the liquid to form a deposit in any vessel in which the liquid may remain at rest. The purpose of our invention is to retain these fine or valuable particles in the liquid which is to be returned, I
and to separate from this liquid the coarse or refuse particles, while at the same time the liquid is maintained in a sweet condition.
In carrying out our process practically in connection with what is known as the sweetmash process? for making whisky, also in the sour-mash process, where the mashing is done in large mash-tubs by machinery, we proceed as follows: The slop or spent beer, as it is blown from the still, is run through a strain- 0 ing apparatus similar to the bolting-machine in a flour-mill, provided with a copper-wire straining-cloth of about thirty wires to the inch. The thick portion strained out is rejected, and may be used as food for cattle, and 5 the liquid portion is run through a. coil in a tank of cold water or some equivalent apparatus. In this way it is rapidly cooled from a temperature near the boiling-point down to a 'point as low as the water will produce. It ICO 4 should be below 80 for the best results of our process that all of the sugar, starch, and yeast particles be returned with the spent beer and utilized in the subsequent operation of making whisky. Having somechanically strained or filtered and cooled our spent beer, we add this cold slop to the liquid in the mash-tub at the end of the mashing for the purpose of cooling and thinning down the mash, and when the mash is run into the fermenting-vats we also use the cold thin slop or spent beer to complete the filling up of the fermenters, instead of water.
' In practice we usually run the requisite quantity of slop into the fermenting-vats before the mash is let down, and we also use the cold thin slop to wash out the mash-tubs; and this slop, with the products remaining in the mashtubs, is likewise passed into the fermenters. In other words, we aim to introduce into the operation all of the thin slop possible. We utilize the cold slop instead of water in thinning down the mash, and also in filling up the fermenters, as previously described. We find, asthe result of this process, a greatly-increased yield; which we cannot obtain in any other way known to us.
The special points to be observed in carrying out our process successfully are, first, the sieving out or separation by mechanical means, preferably an ordinary sieve, of the coarse or refuse particles; secondly, the cooling of the slop or spent beer quickly by suitable means in order to prevent the increase and accumulation of acid in the same; and, thirdly, the returning of this slop, together with the valuable particles which it contains, and its utilization in the subsequent processes of whisky-makin g.
We are aware that the broad idea of utilizin g the spent beeris old; but, so far as we know, it has always been done in one of the following ways: Either no separation of the chaff from the spent beer at the end of the process has been attempted, in which case the return of the spent beer, together with the chaff which it contains, will soon prevent the successful operation of the process; or, second, the spent beer has been allowed to stand and settle at the end of the process, and no attempt in such case has 5 been made to return in subsequent processes the process; but the bulkier particles of grain have been stopped somewherein the process of manufacture. This process produces a low yield and cannot be advantageouslypracticed. Reference is made to a treatise on the Mannfacture and Distillation of Alcoholic Liquors, by Duplais, published in Philadelphia by Henry Carey Baird, 1871, for a fuller description of some of the above processes, which will be found on pages 144: to 159.
We are also aware that ithas been proposed to remove the coarse particles of spent beer by straining, preliminary to a treatment with sulphuric acid to recover glucose, to be used in subsequent operations-a complex treatment compared to that which we adopt, which is purely mechanical in its nature.
Wehave found that by the separation of some of the waste particles mechanically the delay and resulting diseased fermentations occur-' ring when the liquor is clarified by allowing such particles to settle by gravity are avoided, and by agitating the liquor the valuable particles are put in suspension, so as to be carried with the liquor and be utilized.
It is obvious that, though we have shown certain means for carrying out our processes in connection with known processes of whiskymanufacture, yet our process might be carried out by other apparatus than that shown or in modified methods of manufacture without substantially departing from the spirit of our invention. Thus, for instance, the refuse portions might be sieved out before distillation, and, provided the slop was rapidly cooled and immediately after leaving the still returned to be used in the main process, while still containing the valuable products, some of the advantages would still be obtained, but in a less degree than by the method shown. The rapid cooling of the slop and its utilization in subsequent processes might also be practiced toa limited extent even if it were not strained; but of course the return of the unstrained slop would soon clog the process.
We do not here claim the saving of the sugar, starch, and yeast of spent beer by first freeing the latter of its coarser particles by mechanical means, maintaining the useful particles in suspension, and then using this slop,
with its su'spendedingredients,in a fresh mash, as this forms the subject of a separate application for Letters Patent of the United States, of which this is a division; but
We claim- 1. Inj the manufacture of whisky, the process described, consisting in rapidly cooling spent beer and then mixing the slop with fresh material for subsequent fermentation, substantially as set forth.
2. In the manufacture of whisky, the pro cess of saving the sugar, starch, and yeast contained in spent beer, which consists in freeing such spent beer before permitting it to cool by mechanical means-such as sieving of the bran, chaff, and other coarse waste particles-= rapidly cooling the thin slop, and then adding the same to and mixing it with fresh material for subsequent fermentation, substantially as set forth.
3. In the manufacture of whisky, the process of saving the sugar, starch, and yeast contained in spent beer and utilizing the same,
which consistsin freeing the spent beer of the bra-n, chaff, and other coarse particles, rapidly cooling the slop, and then mixing the thin slop thus obtained with fresh mash, substantially as described.
' 4. In the manufacture of whisky, the mode of saving the sugar, starch, and yeast contained in a spent beer and in using the same, which consists in freeing the spent beer of coarse particles by mechanical means-such as a sieve-of rapidly cooling this thin slop, of causing such an agitation of .the slop as will
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