Energy efficient mashing technology
GEA MASHSTAR® Mashing System
Optimized design combining technical precision and engineering expertise, MASHSTAR® provides enhanced control for innovative brewers.
Designed for efficiency and advanced control, MASHSTAR® enables brewers to adjust the taste, character and quality of beer for maximum consumer appeal.
How MASHSTAR® works
MASHSTAR® is equipped with a specially designed agitator with inclined paddles rotating in opposite directions for optimal mixing. Heat zones offer precision control for an even exchange of heat. This configuration provides uniform, gentle heating based on advanced thermodynamics and can be used for both infusion and decoction processes.
The GEA MASHSTAR® mashing system can be adjusted to suit different mashing profiles. By fine tuning extraction and filterability, as well as levels of nitrogen, polyphenol and oxygen, innovative brewers can create a wide range of signature beers.
MASHSTAR® benefits at a glance
Versatile – suitable for both infusion mashing and decoction mashing.
Precision control – designed to generate an even exchange of heat, GEA’s agitator and paddle configuration provides homogenous and gentle mixing of mash.
Energy saving – uses continuous low heat and vessel heating technology for energy efficiency.
Product innovation – can be adjusted to suit different mashing profiles for a wide range of beers.
Technical highlights
The MASHSTAR® can be heated with satured steam, superheated water, heatpump water, combined heat and power plant water or also with water from the wort kettle or from the wort cooler.
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