The first step in beer-making is to combine the malted barley with water and mildly cook the mixture, known as mash, to extract readily soluble materials and to gelatinize the starches.

• 制造啤酒的第一个步骤是将发芽大麦与水混合,并适当蒸煮此混合物(称为麦芽浆),以便在容易地提取可溶性物质的同时使淀粉糊化。