ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,640, issued on May 26, was assigned to Innovation Brewing LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Precooler apparatus for cooling beerwort" was invented by James F. Faulstich (Richmond, Va.), Paul W. Koda (Frederick, Md.) and Andrew J. Parker (Mechanicsville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A precooler apparatus and method for using the same, used in combination with a downstream heat exchange system for increasing the speed of cooling beerwort and enabling a lower final temperature of the cooled beerwort. The precooler is a closable portable unit equipped with various potential configurations involving inlets, outlets, conduit, connections and valv...