The first stage of craft good beerMalt crushing: 10 minutes before crushing, add 5% of the weight of the malt to wet the surface of the malt. When there is no obvious water droplets on the surface of the malt, it can be crushed. Add the malt into the hopper and start crushing. During the crushing pr

The “modification” of grain during malting is solely the task of the maltster. The maltster will harness nature and natural processes to create the soul of every beer. Modification along with enzyme creation are the two primary goals of malting cereal grain. The brewer or distiller will use some of

Automation is the use of software and hardware to perform processes otherwise performed by humans. Brewing is, in most instances, a batch process, and for thousands of years every batch was made by hand. Since the early days of the Industrial Revolution, brewers have sought to reduce manual labor an