Mashing is an essential function of home brewing for the all grain brewer of either ‘Brew in a Bag’ or traditional Mashers. Since these methods do not rely on extract to achieve the pre boil wort, the brewer must make the most of his grist to get the most bang out of their grains. Most all grain bre

During the mash, enzymes attack complex carbohydrates in the grain and break them up into more simple sugars that yeast can digest. If all (or most) of the available complex carbohydrates are modified by the enzymes and extracted in the wort, a 'high efficiency' is achieved. If much of the total ava

All grain brewers can be obsessive about the efficiency of their brewing system. Today we will look at 5 methods you can use to improve your overall brewhouse efficiency.All grains in a beer recipe have a potential ideal yield, usually expressed as the find grain dry yield or potential. The fine gra