E Pluribus Fermentum

(From Many, Beer)

The Brewers Union Local 180 brewery has been adapted from the equipment belonging to the former Hawks Brewing Co. out of Roseburg. It features a propane-fired 3 US BBL (2 UK BBL) brew kettle, assisted by a tankless water heater to boost the incoming filtered water to 65° C. The kettle is used not only to boil the wort (the term used for the beer before the yeast is added), but to provide the hot water needed to extract the fermentable sugars from the grains (or grist) in the mash tun. The technique of employing the destination fermenter as a holding tank for the mash and sparge procedures contributes to the sterilization of the equipment prior to transfer of the wort to the fermenters.