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Glossary

Mash-out

Raising the mash to around 75–78 °C at the end of conversion, which halts enzyme activity and makes the wort less viscous and easier to run off.

The full record

Mash-out has its own catalogue entry with the detail this page summarises — causes, thresholds, related styles and evidence.

Mash-outRaise the finished mash to around 76 °C to stop enzyme activity, fixing the fermentability, and to thin the wort so it runs off freely.

Related

  • LauteringThe step mash-out prepares for.

More vocabulary

Arrested fermentation · Barrel ageing · Batch sparging · Biotransformation · Blending · Bottle conditioning · Bottom fermentation · Burtonisation · Cask conditioning · Centrifugation

See every term on the glossary index.

Last reviewed 2026-08-16.