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

The lauter tun mash needs to be filtered to obtain clear wort. Filtration requires the shortest time to separate the mashed wort and extract from the spent grains, and to obtain a good extract yield. The filtration speed of wort is generally related to the following factors:The particle size of the