Most craft brew houses use a false bottom on their mash tun to filter spent grains from the wort. To increase production throughput, a brewery will often look to double and triple batching in a brew day, adding a dedicated lautering tun to free up their mash tun for the subsequent batch. Both method

Most craft brew houses use a false bottom on their mash tun to filter spent grains from the wort. To increase production throughput, a brewery will often look to double and triple batching in a brew day, adding a dedicated lautering tun to free up their mash tun for the subsequent batch. Both method

After a long brew day and weeks of eager anticipation, there are few things more devastating to a brewer than discovering an unwanted microbial infection or tasting burnt/smokey notes in your latest brew. However, one needs to be careful in direct-fired (gas or electric) systems to ensure that scorc