mashout

noun

mashout

noun
1

Beverages, Brewing, Business, Food, Lifestyle, Manufacturing The step or process, in brewing beer, of raising the mash (e.g. by adding hot water to it) to a temperature around 75 °C or 170 °F, so as to stop the enzymatic conversion of starch to fermentable sugar and make the mash and wort more fluid.

Related terms
lautering, sparging

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