Processo para a preparaçao de cerveja

PCT No. PCT/EP93/03601 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 14, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 14, 1995 PCT Filed Dec. 17, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/16054 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 1994A continuous process of producing beer is described. Starch-containing raw materials are disintegrated and are optionally processed to form malt, a wort is produced from the disintegrated and optionally malted raw materials, and the wort is subjected to alcoholic fermentation. In that process all process steps are performed continuously. The mash is initially heated in a reactor system to a temperature of 75 DEG to 85 DEG C. The grain residue is removed from the mash. The wort is subsequently hopped and is heated to a temperature from 105 DEG to 140 DEG C. This is succeeded by a flash evaporation, a removal of the dregs and a cooling of the wort, which is subsequently fermented at 6 DEG to 25 DEG in the presence of a biocatalyst. The fermenting process may be succeeded by a partial or full continuous de-alcoholization of the beer.