For most people a barrel is just a container of liquid. Think beer barrel, wine barrel – rain butt! Yes the rain butt could be called a barrel as it contains liquid. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the earliest known use of the term is […]
“Gyle” is the whole brew derived from one mash; “Parti” is “parts of”. Therefore, from one charge of malt (grist) in the mash tun, multiple worts are derived. The grist is soaked in hot water (liquor), stirred – referred to historically as mashing, and left to […]