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mashout

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mashout (uncountable)

(brewing) The step or process, in brewing beer, of raising the mash (e.g. by adding hot water to it) to a temperature around 75 °C or 170 °F, so as to stop the enzymatic conversion of starch to fermentable sugar and make the mash and wort more fluid.

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Prior to lautering, the mash temperature may be raised to about convert (known as a mashout) to free up more starch and reduce mash viscosity. Source: Internet

The 1907 British Pharmaceutical Codex's instructions for making nutritional extract of malt do not include a mashout at the end of extraction, and include the use of lower mash temperatures than is typical with modern beer-brewing practices. Source: Internet

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