A system for making a beverage includes a fermentation tank, a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of the fermentation tank, a beverage dispenser configured to dispense the beverage from the fermentation tank to an outside, a user interface configured to receive user input among a simple mode and an expert mode, where a beverage making time in the expert mode is less than a beverage making time in the simple mode, and a controller configured to selectively perform the simple mode and the expert mode according to the user input.

A beer-making device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a chamber; a keg containing wort and mounted in the chamber; a keg cap integrated with a yeast capsule, which closes the inside of the keg by being coupled to the keg and is provided with a wort discharge passage for discharging the wort contained in the keg, a gas discharge passage for discharging a gas inside the keg, and a wort hose coupled to a lower portion of the wort discharge passage and extended to the inner bottom surface of the keg, and in which a yeast capsule, containing yeast to be supplied to the wort contained in the keg, is mounted to the wort discharge passage; a coupler which is fixedly installed in the chamber, and is provided with a wort passage connected to the wort discharge passage when the keg cap is coupled, and a gas passage connected to the gas discharge passage when the keg cap is coupled; a passage unit for connecting the wort passage and the gas passage of the coupler; a pump connected to the passage unit; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the pump so that the yeast contained in the yeast capsule is supplied to the wort contained in the keg.

A beer-making device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a chamber; a keg containing wort and mounted in the chamber; a keg cap integrated with a yeast capsule, which closes the inside of the keg by being coupled to the keg and is provided with a wort discharge passage for discharging the wort contained in the keg, a gas discharge passage for discharging a gas inside the keg, and a wort hose coupled to a lower portion of the wort discharge passage and extended to the inner bottom surface of the keg, and in which a yeast capsule, containing yeast to be supplied to the wort contained in the keg, is mounted to the wort discharge passage; a coupler which is fixedly installed in the chamber, and is provided with a wort passage connected to the wort discharge passage when the keg cap is coupled, and a gas passage connected to the gas discharge passage when the keg cap is coupled; a passage unit for connecting the wort passage and the gas passage of the coupler; a pump connected to the passage unit; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the pump so that the yeast contained in the yeast capsule is supplied to the wort contained in the keg.

A beverage maker and a method for manufacturing a cover for a beverage maker are provided. The beverage maker may include a base, a tank case spaced upward from the base and in which a tank configured to contain a fluid for making a beverage may be accommodated, a machine room defined between the base and the tank case, a cover configured to cover the tank case and the machine room at one side, a sound absorption pad attached to an inner surface of the cover, the sound absorption pad being disposed within the machine room or facing the machine room, and at least one sound absorption member compressed between the inner surface of the cover and an outer surface of the tank case.

A beverage maker and a method for manufacturing a cover for a beverage maker are provided. The beverage maker may include a base, a tank case spaced upward from the base and in which a tank configured to contain a fluid for making a beverage may be accommodated, a machine room defined between the base and the tank case, a cover configured to cover the tank case and the machine room at one side, a sound absorption pad attached to an inner surface of the cover, the sound absorption pad being disposed within the machine room or facing the machine room, and at least one sound absorption member compressed between the inner surface of the cover and an outer surface of the tank case.

A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cabinet having a storage space therein, a door rotatably hinged to a front surface of the cabinet to open and close the storage space, an ejection member for ejecting beer provided on a front surface of the door, a fermentation tank installed on a rear surface of the door, a beer supply flow path connecting the fermentation tank and the ejection member, and a cooling device maintaining the inside of the fermentation tank at a temperature suitable for beer brewing.

A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cabinet having a storage space therein, a door rotatably hinged to a front surface of the cabinet to open and close the storage space, an ejection member for ejecting beer provided on a front surface of the door, a fermentation tank installed on a rear surface of the door, a beer supply flow path connecting the fermentation tank and the ejection member, and a cooling device maintaining the inside of the fermentation tank at a temperature suitable for beer brewing.

Provided is a beverage making system that includes a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal, a beverage maker configured to (i) communicate with at least one of the mobile terminal or a server, (ii) receive an upgrade item from the mobile terminal or the server, and (iii) make a beverage in a mode of a plurality of modes, a user interface disposed at at least one of the mobile terminal or the beverage maker, configured to (i) display beverage making information, and (ii) receive a user's command, and a controller configured to control the beverage maker according to an input from the user interface, wherein the plurality of modes comprises a normal mode configured to make the beverage using a predetermined ingredient, and store the made beverage in the beverage maker, and an upgrade mode configured to update the beverage making system by the mobile terminal or the server.

Provided is a beverage making system that includes a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal, a beverage maker configured to (i) communicate with at least one of the mobile terminal or a server, (ii) receive an upgrade item from the mobile terminal or the server, and (iii) make a beverage in a mode of a plurality of modes, a user interface disposed at at least one of the mobile terminal or the beverage maker, configured to (i) display beverage making information, and (ii) receive a user's command, and a controller configured to control the beverage maker according to an input from the user interface, wherein the plurality of modes comprises a normal mode configured to make the beverage using a predetermined ingredient, and store the made beverage in the beverage maker, and an upgrade mode configured to update the beverage making system by the mobile terminal or the server.

An additive dispensing device for dispensing of additives into a pressurised vessel, more particularly a fermentation vessel of a brewing system, is disclosed. The device has a vessel body including a chamber, the chamber having a closed end and an open end. A pressure release means is provided between the chamber and atmosphere. A controllable valve positioned between the closed end and the open end, configured to selectively open and close a flow path between the closed end and the open end.