From: "Jacobsen, Craig - WHS" <Craig.Jacobsen@WisconsinHistory.org> Subject: Re: paddle Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 21:13:12 +0000 Message-ID: <PH0PR09MB7466101CCDB965C504A3C2A5FAD8A@PH0PR09MB7466.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
A Mash Paddle or Mash Rake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mash_rake#:~:text
=Before%20the%20industrial%20age%2C%20the,is%20still%20used%20by%20homebr
ewers.
"A mashing fork, mash rake or mashing rake is a tool traditionally used in
the mashing<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashing> process of brewing<https
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewing> and distilling<https://en.wikipedia.org/w
iki/Distilling>. The mashing fork is used to mix the mash by hand to ensure
the various grains are properly homogenized and wet everywhere, so no star
ches are wasted. In modern parlance, the term 'rake' is used most commonly
to refer to mechanical knives used to cut the mash bed to optimize the effi
ciency of the runoff, and 'fork' is most commonly used to refer to the trad
itional, mostly archaic, tool."
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Does anyone know what this is?
16" long over all; paddle end 9" long, 3 11/2" wide, 1/2" thick, 3 holes 1
/2" diameter
Thanks
Ann Waidelih, President
Historic Blooming Grove Historical Society
Madison
608-249-7920 land line, no text