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Zoigl Article, Lautering Terminology

Posted by ToddA on 2010-11-23 15:16:09

When I went to brewing school back in 1995 I was a student of Dr. Michael J Lewis. He was then and still is a proponent of the Single Infusion Mash. Highly modified malt will essentially 'convert' at 145-160 in ten minutes. The decoction mash was developed to get undermodified malt to convert...essentially having to finish the maltsters job. Which is always a problem if your barley is crap. By decocting highly modified malt the brewer is causing harm to the protein structure of the malt and thus the wort. The beer would have shelf stability issues.

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Zoigl Article, Lautering Terminology by Mark Andersen on  2010-11-23 16:42:51

Zoigl Article, Lautering Terminology by Nick B. on  2010-11-23 23:45:12

Zoigl Article, Lautering Terminology by JosB on  2010-11-24 15:42:20