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In the March-April 2007 BYO, you described a mash technique while discussing the differences between commercial and homebrewers. You wrote of pub brewers who mash in and “take a short breather” and begin wort collection. I got the gist of it and tried it out on a recent batch. My short breather was 20 minutes before I did a recirculation and runoff. Yield was the same as when I previously rested my mash for 90 minutes. I definitely cut 70 minutes off my brew day just guessing at how to do this technique. Is it possible to get a full description as well as clarification of a “short breather”?