US 11,952,561 B2
Black malt and method for forming black malt
Yin Li, New Berlin, WI (US)
Assigned to MALTEUROP NORTH AMERICA, INC., Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Yin Li, New Berlin, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/953,647.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,427, filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0155884 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. C12C 1/18 (2006.01); A23L 7/20 (2016.01); C12C 1/02 (2006.01); C12C 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC C12C 1/18 (2013.01) [A23L 7/20 (2016.08); C12C 1/02 (2013.01); C12C 1/10 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process of producing a batch of black malt, comprising the steps of:
steeping a batch of malted grain in water such that, after steeping, the malted grain has a first moisture content;
microwaving the batch of malted grain such that, after microwaving, the first moisture content is reduced to a second moisture content; and
drying the batch of malted grain at a temperature of from 150° C. to 200° C. for a time period sufficient to produce the batch of black malt, wherein the batch of black malt has a third moisture content less than the second moisture content.