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mash tun
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alcoholic beverage production
- In beer: Mixing the mash
…a single vessel (called a mash tun), and a single temperature in the range of 62 to 67 °C (144 to 153 °F). With well-modified malt, breakdown of proteins and glucans has already occurred at the malting stage, and at 65 °C (149 °F) the starch readily gelatinizes and the…
Read More - In distilled spirit: Mashing
…in a vessel called a mash tun, which is equipped with a means of agitation for mixing and is either jacketed or contains coils for heating and cooling. In mashing, the starch cells of the grain, enclosed in their own protective coatings, are broken to allow wetting and liquefaction of…
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