quick schooling...mini-mash????

[Ol' Grog]

The more I read, the more I have questions. What the heck is a "mini-mash" ?
Stupid me, I thought that was a fancy word for grain steeping. I guess this has to do with pre-soaking at X temperature? Grinding?

 

[BootYtRappeR]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=8805&highlight=mini+mash

 

[david_42]

Very simply, steeping means no starch conversion. Mini-mashes have enough 2-row to convert the starches and are conducted at normal (~152F) mashing temps.

Enough 2-row is about the same weight of 2-row as the specialty grains combined.

 

[Brewsmith]

Steeping and mini-mashes may look the same on the outside, but there are completely different processes going on inside.

 

[Ol' Grog]

Thanks. I just about read it. Understand more now. Just not sure exactly how that last page system works. Looks easy enough, just not seeing where the wort will drain into.