Mash crutch
Saint Arnulf von Soissons (left) with a beer crutch, depiction from the 15th century.
The mash crutch (also known as beer crutch , mash log or mash fork ) is a historical tool that was used to stir the mash in the vat when brewing beer . During mashing, brewing malt is mixed with water and heated with constant stirring. While mechanical processes have generally been used since the time of industrialization , the thick mash used to have to be stirred by hand.
iconography
The mash crutch often appears in the guild signs of brewers and maltsters .
literature
- Brewing beer . In: Universal Lexicon of the Present and Past . 4., reworked. and greatly increased edition, Volume 2: Aug… -Bodmer , Eigenverlag, Altenburg 1857, pp. 761–765 .
Web links
Commons : Maischkrücken - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Hinterberger: Textbook of technical chemistry for high schools . Volume 3. Braumüller, Vienna 1857, p. 436.
- ↑ Meischkrücke. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 4 : Forschel – retainer - (IV, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1878 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ^ A b Franz Schönfeld: Handbook of the brewery and malting . Volume 3. P. Parey, 1931, pp. 133 f.
- ↑ Beer crutch. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 1 : A - Beer whey - (I). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1854 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ Peter Eichhorn: From Ale to Zwickel. The ABC of beer. Grebennikov, 2011, p. 28.
- ↑ serving sign on schlenkerla.de