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Glossary

Mash tun

The insulated vessel in which malt and hot water are held at a controlled temperature while starch conversion takes place.

Also called mash vessel, tun.

Related

  • Mash — What happens in it.
  • Lauter tun — The vessel that separates wort from grain, sometimes the same one.

More vocabulary

Beer engine · Coolship · Foeder · Hydrometer · Kettle · Lauter tun · Refractometer · Sparkler

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Last reviewed 2026-08-16.

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