Malt and Brewing
At this point I'm going to assume you are familiar with the basic principles of brewing. You know what malt, hops and yeast are and have a basic understanding of fermentation. If not then take a look at the earlier categories such as “Brewing…
Malting – How It Works
Malting begins by steeping the barley in water, with the barley absorbing up to half of its weight in water. The water is then drained away and the barley is ready to germinate. The barley is spread out in a layer and kept at controlled temperatures…
Mashing
The term mashing isn’t a good description of what’s happening during this particular stage of the brewing process. What is actually happening is crushed malted barley is being steeped in hot water (which the brewer calls “liquor”) at…
What The Hell Are Malt Enzymes
So we know that mashing causes starch in your malted grains to be converted to fermentable sugars. The things that are responsible for these conversions are malt enzymes. In this article I want to introduce the basics.
What Is An Enzyme
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Different Types of Mash
The saying goes “there’s more than one way to skin a cat” and this also applies to mashing your grains. I will run you through the basic mash schedules that home brewers can do and what the benefits of each one are.
Mashing is a process…