One of the most neglected procedures in homebewing is the boil. After all, it’s only boiling the wort, right? Well, yes and no. Believe it or not, boiling the wort accomplishes quite a few things. These include:It extracts the hop α-acids, isomerizes them, then dissolves them.It stops all enzyme act

The lauter tun is the most widely employed wort separation vessel system in North America and Europe. Lauter tuns are, in general, designed much like infusion mash tuns, but they are wider and shallower. Like the mash tun, filtering is through slots in a false bottom that supports the grain bed. How

Hop utilization is the percentage of alpha acids that is isomerized and remains in the finished beer. The utilization of the bitter substances rarely exceeds 40% in commercial breweries and is often as low as 25% (31).