Episode 374 | Step Mash vs. Double Decoction In A Czech Dark Lager

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Marshall Schott

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🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Contributor Jordan Folks joins Marshall to chat about the impact various mash methods, namely step mash and double decoction, have on a Czech Dark Lager.

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0:00.0	In order to make beer, a brewer must first produce work via the mash process, which involves steeping, crushed malt in warm water for a relatively short period of time, at least with modern malts.
0:19.3	Back when we knew far less about the science of
0:21.5	malting and brewing, brewers developed a number of methods to improve their overall efficiency,
0:26.2	a few of which continued to be employed by some under the belief they have a positive,
0:30.4	perceptible impact on beer. This is the Brewlosophy podcast. I'm your host, Marshall Shot.
0:34.5	And today I'm joined by contributor Jordan Folks to discuss some historical methods, namely
0:38.8	step and decoction mashing.
0:40.7	We speak a lot about ingredients in the brewing process as how to make different unique beers,
0:45.5	but maybe process is just as important, if not more.
0:48.2	And I think mashing is a really good example of one of those really interesting levers that we
0:52.5	can pull in different directions to ostensibly
0:54.6	make, you know, really different types of beers. Yeah, you know, while I've performed a few step
0:58.9	mashes over the years, I've still yet to muster the effort to do a decoction mash, which absolutely
1:03.9	speaks to my opinions about this method. Now, this is not a bruise views episode, but given the topic,
1:10.0	I have a feeling we're going to be
1:10.9	sharing some opinions on this show. So, you know, our hope is to couch them in actual data.
1:15.9	And on that front, we are going to be going over the results of an experiment that you
1:20.1	performed, Jordan, comparing these two mash methods. All right, if you're a fan of this show and
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