OK. gents, first in what will likely be a series of very easy questions as I prep for my first AG/mostly-AG brew next weekend...
Re-reading Papa Charlie, Complete Joy, on mashing procedures. He talks about infusion mashing if the malt is highly modified, but doing a step mashj if undermodified malted barley is used.
But - I'll be damned if I can figure out what an undermodified malted barley would be...
When would I use step mashing? Prolly gonna do his Good Life Pale Alewhich alls for a pale ale-type malt, Munich malt, and a little bit of crystal; gotta believe there's nothing undermodified there. But, I'm confused when I would do one over the other, and if a step mash accomplished anything else that would result in a better end product (sounds like head formation is improved).
Re-reading Papa Charlie, Complete Joy, on mashing procedures. He talks about infusion mashing if the malt is highly modified, but doing a step mashj if undermodified malted barley is used.
But - I'll be damned if I can figure out what an undermodified malted barley would be...
When would I use step mashing? Prolly gonna do his Good Life Pale Alewhich alls for a pale ale-type malt, Munich malt, and a little bit of crystal; gotta believe there's nothing undermodified there. But, I'm confused when I would do one over the other, and if a step mash accomplished anything else that would result in a better end product (sounds like head formation is improved).