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Offline morticaixavier

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Re: How low can you mash?
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2014, 08:32:19 am »

I seem to recall reading that budweiser is mashed at 142F for two hours so that would seem to support her argument.

2 hours? I'm surprised they haven't found a way to mash in 5 minutes.

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Re: How low can you mash?
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2014, 08:43:56 am »

I seem to recall reading that budweiser is mashed at 142F for two hours so that would seem to support her argument.

2 hours? I'm surprised they haven't found a way to mash in 5 minutes.

That's what I was thinking too. Maybe they do mash that long, but I'd be surprised. Their 'lagering' phase is very short (for $$ sake) according to what I read. It would be in keeping with mass production not to mash for 2 hours. You never know though.
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Re: How low can you mash?
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2014, 09:27:22 am »
Maybe if you're using less modified malt too?

Off the top of my head, I don't think so.  I could be wrong.
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