| 单词 | union system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunion system union system n. Brewing (more fully Burton union system) a system of interlinked casks, each having a swan-necked pipe through which excess yeast is forced out during fermentation, developed in Burton upon Trent and used esp. in the production of India pale ales. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > brewing system union system1870 1870 Q. Jrnl. Sci. 7 310 This at Allsopps' and other large breweries is called the ‘Union’ system, long rows of barrels being connected together by a horizontal pipe. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 275/2 There are three modes of cleansing—..2d, by running the beer into casks, and then allowing the yeast to work out through the bung holes; and 3d, on what is called the Union, or Burton system, which is the second plan with some improvements. 1886 ‘J. Bickerdyke’ Curiosities Ale & Beer 333 When the fermentation has almost ceased, the beer is put into smaller vessels..and the froth either works over the side or is skimmed off or, as in the ‘union’ system at Burton, works up through pipes. 1912 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. (rev. ed.) I. 561/2 Where the Union system is employed, no attemperators whatever are used in the fermenting tuns. 1994 Independent 21 May 32/5 The Burton ‘union’ system survives only at Marston's. < as lemmas |
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