The process of brewing a batch of beer involves a few fairly basic steps, some of which can be broken down into several sort of, I guess, sub-steps, which is the case when it comes to the mash.

While these days it's common for

brewers to employ a simple, single-infusion mash, many brewers continue to rely on what is

ultimately the final step of a more traditional approach to mashing, which, with the belief that

it benefits the beer in some way, this is the Brewlossby podcast. I'm your host, Marshall Shot,

and joining me on this episode to discuss the mash-out step, in particular how its use impacts a check premium pill lager is contributor

Martin Keane. Yeah, so the mashout step really is coming from the commercial world of brewing

where it's very much a necessary process for certain brewing setups. And it's kind of made its way over to home brewing as well.

I think some people would argue that if you have an all in one system, there's absolutely no reason

whatsoever to do a mashout step. But just before you like skip next and go to your next podcast

on your list before we even get to the feedback section of this

one. I do want to say that I have performed a mashout on my all-on-one system like at least 50

times. So maybe stick around and I'll let you know why. Yeah, you know, thinking back to when I

jumped from extract to Allgrain, I definitely recall reading and hearing about the mashout step.

But at that time, we're talking like 12, 15 years ago, at least among the home brewers on

the forums that I was constantly frequenting, there seemed to be sort of a consensus around

this idea that the mashout step isn't necessarily crucial. That said, there were, of course,

some who swore by it as a means of

improving certain aspects of the beer, whether objectively or subjectively. And over the years,

I've definitely performed, like you, Martin, many, many mashouts, mostly because the gear I use

makes it quite simple to do that. But was it having a notable effect on

the quality of my beer? Well, we did perform an experiment to test that out, and I look forward to

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