Glossary
Vorlauf
Recirculating the first runnings back over the grain bed until they run clear, so that the bed settles into an effective filter before collection begins.
Pronounced FOR-lowf.
Also called recirculation, recirculate.
Related
- Lautering — The step it begins.
More vocabulary
Arrested fermentation · Barrel ageing · Batch sparging · Biotransformation · Blending · Bottle conditioning · Bottom fermentation · Burtonisation · Cask conditioning · Centrifugation
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Last reviewed 2026-08-16.