The invention relates to a monitoring system for controlling a plant, such as a beverage dispensing plant, said plant being comprising one or more apparatuses connected to one another or to other apparatuses external to said plant by electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic lines. The monitoring system comprises a plurality of detection sensors (S.sub.power, S.sub.CO2, T.sub.ambiente (bevanda), T.sub.ambiente (impianto), S.sub.p_Aria) sensor, positioned on at least one of said electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic lines, and a monitoring unit, provided with transceiver means and connected to said detection sensors, is configured to receive the data detected by said detection sensors, determine the values and trends over time of the respective parameters of said detection sensors by comparing them with average variable values and/or trends to verify the operation of said plant. The invention also relates to a method for detecting and monitoring the sanitization of a beverage dispensing plant.

The present application provides a beverage dispensing system for combining a number of ingredients. The beverage dispensing system may include an ingredient pouch, an ingredient storage tank, a pump, a nozzle, an inlet diverter valve upstream of the pump, and an outlet diverter valve downstream of the pump.

A beverage system including a beverage appliance and beverage containers where the functions required for creating beverages may be activated and controlled through a pre-programmed specific App (an application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device), residing external to and wirelessly communicating with the apparatus.

The present invention discloses a beverage dispenser, having a supply opening adapted for supplying an aqueous liquid from a source of aqueous liquid, wherein the supply opening is couplable to the source of aqueous liquid; a recooling heat exchanger having a heat receiving portion, a recooling inlet and a recooling outlet, wherein the supply opening is coupled with the recooling inlet; a reverse osmosis filter having an inlet for aqueous liquid, a permeate outlet and a concentrate outlet, wherein the recooling outlet of the recooling heat exchanger is connected to the inlet of the reverse osmosis filter; and a cooling device having a cooling portion extracting heat energy from the permeate and a heat dissipation portion dissipating energy to the heat receiving portion of the recooling heat exchanger; wherein the heat dissipation portion of the cooling device is thermally coupled with the heat receiving portion of the recooling heat exchanger; and wherein the cooling portion of the cooling device is thermally coupled with the permeate exiting the permeate outlet of the reverse osmosis filter, wherein the permeate enters the cooling portion by a cooling portion permeate inlet and exits the cooling portion by a cooling portion permeate outlet.

The present invention is a method for developing and providing a personalized distilled spirit, or other beverage, to a user who responds to a collection of stimulus in the form of taste samples, smell samples, written, and/or visual representations. The user's responses to the stimulus may be compared to expert responses in a database to create a recommended recipe resulting in one or more customized product samples being either physical products or written/visual responses in the form of tasting notes or a flavor map, for example. The user can then modify their customized spirit, repeating the process as many times as they wish and then submit for the production and purchase of the recipe based on an array of spirits or other beverages that is then combined using a blending machine.

An arrangement for brewing and dispensing fermented drinks, primarily beers, by portions using concentrates in a personalized, tailor-made manner that is fit for self-service. The arrangement is fitted with a primary alcohol unit and a secondary alcohol unit, which are suitable for adjusting the alcohol content for each portion and contain an alcohol and water mixture of a fermented liquid, and the controlling part is connected to at least one alcohol adjusting part that is suitable for setting the alcohol content of each portion of beverage. A fermented base concentrate and alcohol originating from the fermented beverage, left in and/or extracted from the base concentrate, is used as raw material, and the alcohol content of the beverage is adjusted by adding further alcohol, and the flavour of each portion of beverage is adjusted as desired.

The present invention relates to a dispenser (1) of beverages such as beer, carbonated beverages, non-carbonated beverages and the like, comprising: a regulating unit (2) for regulating the flow rate of at least one beverage, wherein said regulating unit (2) comprises at least one regulating group (20, 21, 22, 23) having at least one lever (200, 210, 220, 230) operable by a user between a rest position, in which said at least one beverage is not dispensed, and at least one operating position, in which said at least one beverage is dispensed with a predetermined flow rate, and a dispensing unit (3) operatively connected to said regulating unit (2), for dispensing said at least one beverage, wherein said dispensing unit (3) comprises at least one first valve (30A, 31A, 32A, 33A) movable between a closed position and an open position to allow the dispensing of said at least one beverage with said predetermined flow rate; and at least one control logic unit (U0, U1, U2, U3) connected to said at least one regulating group (20, 21, 22, 23) and said at least one first valve (30A, 31A, 32A, 33A) respectively, wherein each regulating group (20, 21, 22, 23) comprises a respective processing unit (E0, E1, E2, E3) configured to send an electrical signal to said at least one logic control unit (U0, U1, U2, U3) respectively, when said at least one lever (200, 210, 220, 230) is in said operating position, and wherein said at least one logic control unit (U0, U1, U2, U3) is configured to: receive said electrical signal from said processing unit (E0, E1, E2, E3), and activate the opening of said at least one first valve (30A, 31A, 32A, 33A) for dispensing said at least one beverage.

Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods of extracting liquid from empty barrels. In one aspect, a method includes heating a barrel with less than about 10 ml of free liquid disposed therein to expand pores in the barrel. The method further includes applying, after the heating, a negative pressure to an interior of a vessel in which the barrel is disposed, such that an amount of liquid is extracted from the barrel. The method includes collecting, after the applying, the amount of liquid within a collection container. In some embodiments, collecting the amount of liquid includes pumping the liquid through a tube that is disposed between an outer surface of the barrel and the collection container. In some embodiments, heating the barrel is via a heated blanket wrapped around the barrel. In some embodiments, heating the barrel is via placing the barrel in an oven.

System for dispensing a beverage into a container (18) comprising at least one dispenser unit (10). The dispenser unit (10) comprises at least one beverage outlet port and a movable seal member (34) which is configured to form a sealing barrier between at least a portion of the container (18) and the dispenser head. In this way the container is pressurised before filling, so as to avoid excessive foaming.

A beverage apparatus and system is disclosed. The beverage apparatus is configurable to add flavors, minerals, vitamins, or other such additives to a source fluid, such as purified water, in response to a user's selection of settings, to provide a customized beverage. Advantageously, the beverage apparatus uses the purified water to cleanse the components that come into contact with the N additive as part of the preparation of each beverage and includes this cleansing wash as part of the beverage itself, thus providing a self-cleaning apparatus that does not require a separate drain.