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Lautering
A solid-liquid separation stage that separates soluble wort from the spent-grain bed after mashing.
Identity
What this process node represents
- Phase
- Lautering
- Identity class
- solid liquid separation
- Mechanism class
- physical
- Boundary
- Represents separation of wort from spent grain; not a lauter-tun design or runoff procedure.
Non-prescriptive by design
The process remains distinct from vessel engineering and runoff instructions.
Pathway position
What tends to connect before and after
These are sourced representative pathway edges. Branching and brewery-specific variation remain possible.
Downstream
Wort Boiling
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Why this process connects
2 relevant foundation edges, spanning sequence, ingredients, chemistry, sensory, styles, or adjacent processes.
comes after
Mashing
A representative pathway-order relationship. Beer Universe does not imply every brewery or beer follows an identical sequence.
comes before
Wort Boiling
A representative pathway-order relationship. Beer Universe does not imply every brewery or beer follows an identical sequence.
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Traditions that contextualize this process
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No BEU010 Atlas relationship is asserted for this process yet.
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No BEU009 historical anchor is asserted for this process yet.
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brewing process
Mashing
The water-and-grist conversion stage in which malt enzymes and process conditions make soluble extract and fermentable carbohydrates available in wort.
Navigation heuristic: 37. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 0 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
precedes · reverse
Mashing — precedes → Lautering. This explanation is being viewed from the target side of the directed relationship.
Source process normally occurs before target within a stated brewing pathway; not a claim that every brewery uses the same sequence. A representative pathway-order relationship. Beer Universe does not imply every brewery or beer follows an identical sequence.
Evidence: A Hands-On Guide to Brewing and Analyzing Beer in the Laboratory
brewing process
Wort Boiling
Thermal treatment of wort associated with concentration, protein changes, volatile stripping, sanitation effects, and hop chemistry when hops are present.
Navigation heuristic: 37. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 0 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
precedes · forward
Lautering — precedes → Wort Boiling.
Source process normally occurs before target within a stated brewing pathway; not a claim that every brewery uses the same sequence. A representative pathway-order relationship. Beer Universe does not imply every brewery or beer follows an identical sequence.
Evidence: A Hands-On Guide to Brewing and Analyzing Beer in the Laboratory