2. Mashing
2. Mashing - The crushed grain is blended with hot water to form a porridge-like mixture. This mixture is held at a specified temperature to allow the malt starch to be converted into sugar. The sugar dissolves in the water to form 'wort'. The wort is then drained from the mash tun and pumped to the copper. A rotating arm spraying hot water rinses the bed of crushed grain of its residual sugar in a process called sparging. When the sparging has finished the spent grains are supplied to local farmers as cattle feed.