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Certified Cicerone® · Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes

Lautering

Syllabus Path

Lautering separates sweet wort from grain while rinsing extract into the kettle.

  1. IV. Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes
  2. B. Processes
  3. 3. Lautering

Exam Focus

  • Know lautering objectives and general process.
  • Identify runoff, vorlauf, collection, and sparging.
  • Connect lautering to wort clarity and extract recovery.

What to know

Lautering separates sweet wort from grain while rinsing extract into the kettle.

Syllabus detail

  • Lautering objectives and process include initiating wort runoff, vorlauf or recirculation, beginning wort collection for boiling, and sparging.

Study task

Be ready to explain lautering in the context of processes and apply it to a realistic Certified Cicerone® service, tasting, brewing, style, or pairing scenario.

Key Terms

Lautering
Know lautering objectives and general process.

References

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