Brewing process in Microbrewery

There are several steps in the brewing process, which include malting, milling, mashing, lautering, boiling, whirlpooling, fermenting, conditioning, filtering and packaging.


Malting: Malting is the process where barley grain is made ready for brewing. Barley is steeped in water, allowed to germinate then kiln dried.
Milling: The malted barley is milled and added to the mash tun.
Mashing: In the mash tun, the milled grain and water are mixed together to create a cereal mash.
Hot water activates enzymes which convert malt starches into fermentable sugars.
Lautering: Lautering is the separation of the wort from the grains.
Boiling: The wort is moved into a kettle, this is the point where the hops are added.
Whirlpooling: The hopped wort settles to clarify in whirlpool tun, where the more solid particles in the wort are seperated out.
Fermenting: The wort is cooled by heat exhcanger and transferred to the fermenters. Yeast added, the fermenting process begins,
where the sugars turn into alcohol, carbon dioxide and other components.
Conditioning: Conditioning allows the crafted flovours to develop. A process which takes a number of weeks.
Packaging: The beer now can be placed in bottles or kegs ready to enjoy.

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