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US 7,785,641 · App. 11/062,606 · Granted Aug 31, 2010

Method of cooling a beverage

Assignee: Coors Brewing Company
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Patent No.
US 7,785,641
App. No.
11/062,606
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of keeping an alcoholic beverage in an open topped vessel cool, said beverage comprising a water content and a dissolved gas content, and said method comprising forming ice in the beverage in the open-topped vessel said ice having a cooling effect on the beverage, said ice being formed in the beverage from water of said water content.

Claims (12)

1. A method of serving a beverage, comprising the steps of:

providing an open-topped vessel on a platform;

cooling the vessel by a cooling coil or a cold-plate;

rotating the vessel about a central axis;

dispensing an initial amount of the beverage into the vessel, while the vessel is rotating; cooling the initial amount of the beverage such that the initial amount of the beverage freezes inside the vessel;

dispensing an additional amount of the beverage into the vessel on top of the frozen initial amount of the beverage.

2. The method of serving a beverage of claim 1 , wherein the beverage is water.

3. The method of serving a beverage of claim 1 , wherein the beverage comprises a water content and an alcohol content.

4. The method of serving a beverage of claim 1 , wherein the initial amount of the beverage fills between 5% and 10% of a volume of the vessel.

5. The method of serving a beverage of claim 1 , wherein the platform is inclined at an angle to the horizontal, such that the vessel is inclined when supported by the platform.

6. The method of serving a beverage of claim 1 , wherein the vessel is cooled before the initial amount of the beverage is dispensed into the vessel, and wherein the cooling of the initial amount of the beverage occurs upon contact between the initial amount of the beverage and the vessel.

7. The method of serving a beverage of claim 6 , wherein the initial amount of the beverage is dispensed at a temperature of between 0.5 and 2 degrees Centigrade above a freezing temperature of the beverage, and the vessel has a temperature of between 1 and 10 degrees Centigrade below the temperature of the initial amount of the beverage when the initial amount of the beverage is dispensed.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2009
From: COORS EUROPEAN PROPERTIES GMBH
To: COORS BREWING COMPANY
Reel/Frame 022753/0499 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2006
From: COORS WORLDWIDE INC
To: COORS EUROPEAN PROPERTIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 017844/0706 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2005
From: SCULLION, SIMON DANIEL; FOSTER, PETER THOMAS; SMITH, STEPHEN PAUL
To: COORS WORLDWIDE INC.
Reel/Frame 015777/0850 →
Priority Claims (4)
GB 9810309.6 · May 15, 1998 · national
GB 9828317.9 · Dec 23, 1998 · national
GB 9828321.1 · Dec 23, 1998 · national
GB 9901018.3 · Jan 19, 1999 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 1031045800 · Dec 5, 2002
Continuation In Part 0970051200
Related Publication 20050142268A1 · Jun 30, 2005