Difference between revisions of "Home Brew Acronyms"

Below is a list of brewing and general forum acronyms and terms.

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AA - Alpha Acid

AAA - American Amber Ale

AAE - alpha amylase enzyme

AAU - Alpha Acid Unit

ABV - Alcohol By Volume

ABW - Alcohol By Weight

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

AFD - Alcohol Free Day

AG - All Grain

AHA - American Homebrewers Association

AHB - Aussie Home Brewer

ANAWBS - Australian National Amateur Wine and Beer Show

APA - American Pale Ale

ATM - At The Moment

B BAE - beta amylase enzyme (not commonly used) BB - Brew Booster Bbl - Barrel (31 gallons in U.S.) BE - Brew Enhancer - Coopers - also BE2 BIAB - Brew In A Bag - How To BIN - Buy It Now - Ebay. BJCP - Beer Judge Certification Program - www.bjcp.org - Wikipedia BOAB - Brewing On A Budget Link to Thread Bottle bombs - overcarbonated bottles that are in danger of exploding or do in fact explode. Often created when the wort has been bottled prior to primary fermentation being complete. BP - BrewPub BS - BullS**t BTU - British thermal units BTW - By The Way BUMP - Bump Up My Post(a recursive acronym, or backronym!) BYO - Brew Your Own (print magazine) - www.BYO.com

C CaCO3 - calcium carbonate (chalk) CAMRA - the Campaign for Real Ale CAP - Classic American Pilsner - BJCP style guidelines CaSO4 - calcium sulfate (gypsum) CC - Cold Condition - Conditioning Processes by John Palmer CF - Counter Flow CFC - Counter Flow Chiller CFWC - Counter Flow Wort Chiller - Chillers by John Palmer - Garden Hose CFWC CO - carbon monoxide CO2 - Carbon Dioxide Cold break - proteins that coagulate as wort cools. CP - Charlie Papazian CPA - Coopers (Original) Pale Ale CPBF - Counter Pressure Bottle Filler - How To - How To CPF - Counter Pressure Filler CPVC - chlorinated polyvinyl choloride (plastic) CSA - Cold Side Aeration CSA - Coopers Sparking Ale

D DAB - Dortmunder Actien Brauerei DCL - DCL Yeast - formerly Fermentis - Safale, Saflager etc. - Website DCS - Dried Corn Syrup (MaltoDextrin) DE - diatamacious earth (filter) DE - diastatic enzyme DLM - Dry Light Malt (Extract) DM - Dave Miller DME - Dry Malt Extract DME - dark malt extract (uncommon) DME - diastatic malt extract (uncommon) DMS - DiMethyl Sulfide - Wikipedia DMS - diastatic malt syrup (as in Edme DMS extract) DMSO - dimethyl sulfoxide DWC - DeWolf Cosyns (malting company)

E EBC - European Brewers Convention, a measure of grains/beer colour. See SRM EE - extract efficiency (uncommon) EKG - East Kent Goldings (hop variety) EM - EasyMasher (Jack Schmidling Product) ESB - Eastern Suburbs Brewmaker - Eastern Sydney HBS www.esbeer.com.au ESB - Extra/English Special Bitter

F FAN - Free Amino-Nitrogen, helps yeast do stuff - Simple - Technical(350k PDF) FAQ - frequently asked question FB - False Bottom (lautering) FDA - United States Food & Drug Administration Fermenter - usually a sealed unit used to keep a fermentation safe from infection. FFS - For F*** Sake FG - Finished/Final Gravity (see also OG and SG) FV - fermentation vessel FWH - First Wort Hopping - Click Here for description FWIW - For What It's Worth FYI - For Your Information

G GABF - Great American Beer Festival GBBF - Great British Beer Festival G&G - Grain and Grape - HBS - www.grainandgrape.com.au Gravity - is the concentration of sugar in the wort or beer. There are various methods of measurement, one of which is degrees Plato (see below). Related terms are OG and FG - original gravity and final gravity. OG is the gravity at the start of fermentation and FG is the gravity at the end of fermentation. GPM - gallons per minute Grist - the total body of grains used in a mash. There needs to be at least 50% malted grain such as barley or wheat. Zero to 50% (approx.) of the mash may be unmalted cereal grains, flour, or other forms of starch (e.g., pumpkin, potato, etc.).

H HB - Home Brew! HBD - Homebrew Digest HBS - Home Brew Store/Shop HBU - Homebrew Bittering Unit - Hop Measurement by John Palmer (same as AAU) HDPE - High Density PolyEthylene - a plastic, used for fermentors, stirring spoons, etc. HERMIT - Heat Exchange Recirculating Mash Infusion T.... (Tank/Tun?) - Hybrid RIMS/HERMS system HERMS - Heat Exchange Recirculating Mash System HLB - hot liquor bath HLT - Hot liquor tank - A vessel used for heating water to be used for brewing. HNO3 - nitric acid Hot break - proteins that coagulate whilst boiling the wort HP - High Pressure(?) gas burner HSA - Hot Side Aeration HTB - How To Brew - John Palmer's free online(print avail.) book. www.howtobrew.com HTFU - Harden The F--- Up. - See YouTube (Language Warning!)

I IBU - International Bittering Unit; 1 IBU=1 mg iso alpha acid in 1 litre of wort IBU - Illawarra Brewers Union (An Australian brewing group based in the Illawarra Region 100 km south of Sydney) ID - internal diameter IIRC - If I Remember Correctly IMC - International Malting Company - Website IMHO - In My Humble Opinion IMO - In My Opinion IOW - in other words IPA - India(n) Pale Ale IRA - Irish Red Ale

J JW - Joe White (maltings)

K K&B or KnB - Kits and Bits - Kit of hopped malt extract, extra malt extract, extra hops and special yeast. K&K or K+K - Kit (hopped malt extract) and Kilo (sugar) Kettle - used to boil your wort. Krausen (n.) - pron. "kroysen". A foamy head of proteins that forms on the top of actively fermenting beer formed by carbon dioxide carrying proteins to the surface during fermentation. Krausen (vt.) - foaming yeast activity floating on top of a fermenting wort. Krausen line - is produced whilst fermenting, makes a brown-dirty edge at top of the fermenter

L L - degree Lovibond (measure of color) L - degree Lintner (spell out to avoid confusion with above) LA - low alcohol Lager (n.) - beer produced by bottom fermenting yeast (Sacchoromyces carlsbergensis) and lagering Lager (vt.) - to store fermented beer for an extended period at low temperature. Lagering (n.) - the act of storing beer for an extended period at low temperature. Larger - something bigger. Lauter tun - a vessel containing a false bottom or manifold that is slotted, perforated or made of mesh to prevent the passage of malt husks and thus allows extraction of clear wort from the mash. (German: Lauter = Clear or Pure) - Pronounced: Lowter, like Cow or Now. Lautering - separating the wort from the grist after a mash. - Pronounced: Loytering, like Toy. (German: Läuterung = Purification. - pron: Loyteroong like Full). LC - Little Creatures LCPA - Little Creatures Pale Ale LHBS - Local Home Brew Store/Shop LME - Liquid Malt Extract LMK - Let Me Know LOL - Laughing Out Loud LPG - liquid propane gas LT - lauter tun

M Malt - grain that has been germinated for four to seven days to activate starch-conversion enzymes before being dried and kilned. Mash (n.) - the mix of grist and hot water. Mash (vt.) - to convert staches in grist to fermentable sugars and long-chain dextrins by the action of enzymes in the malt portion of the grist in a mix of water and grist held at a temperature between 60 and 70 degrees centigrade. Mash tun - Vessel used to mash grains in. Often built as combined mash/lauter tun (see lauter tun). MB's - MasterBrew's (Grumpy's) MBAA - Master Brewers Association of America MD - MaltoDextrin MgSO4 - magnesium sulfate (epsom salt) MJ - Michael Jackson (the beer writer, not the weird dude) MLT - Mash & Lauter Tun MM - malt mill MO - Maris Otter - variety of Barley MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet MT - mash tun

N N2 - nitrogen NA - non-alcoholic NaCHO3 - sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) NaCl - sodium chloride (table salt) NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Apparently, the NASA burner sounds like the shuttle! NB - Northern Brewer hops NC - 'No Chill' method for cooling boiled wort NE - NorthEast (or New England) region of USA NG - natural gas NHC - National Homebrew Competition (in USA) Noble hop - European hops such as Hallertauer, Saaz, Tettnanger, Spalter which have been specially bred so as to virtually eliminate the male version of the plant, so there are no seeds in the cones (flowers). They generally are low in bitterness and high in aroma.

O O2 - oxygen OD - outer diameter OG - Original Gravity (see also FG and SG) OHS - Over Hot Side(?) OLHBS - OnLine HomeBrew Store/Shop OMG - Oh My God OPA - Original Pale Ale (Coopers) OTOH - On The Other Hand....blahblahblah

P P - Plato (density measurement, see also SG) PET - PolyEthylene Terephthalate - plastic, used for bottles, like Coke etc pH - potential hydrogen (measure of acidity) PITA - Pain In The Arse Plato/degrees Plato - (øP) - unit measuring sugar content of the wort. Named for a German chemist, one degree Plato represents a sugar content equivalent to 1% sucrose by weight. PM - Private/Personal Message PNW - Pacific Northwest (region of USA) POR - Pride Of Ringwood ppg - points per gallon (extract efficiency) ppm - part per million (mg/l) Prime (vt.) - to add fermentables to a finished beer at bottling or kegging to induce secondary fermentation and subsequent carbonation of the beer. PS - PostScript PSI - pounds per square inch (pressure) PSR - Pink Stain R(?) - Chlorinated Trisodium Phosphate - aka: Pink Neo Sanitiser PU - Pilsner Urquell (uncommon) PVC - PolyVinylChloride - Vinyl tubing

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R R2D - Ready to Drink RB - Roasted Barley (I did not make this up!) RCD - Residual-Current Device - Wikipedia RDWHAHB - Relax, Don't Worry, Have A Home Brew! RFC - request for comment RIMS - acronym for "Recirculating Infusion Mash System" RIS - Russian imperial stout RO - Reverse Osmosis (water filtration) ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing ROFLMAO - ROFL My Arse Off RTFM - read the flaming manual

S SFPA - Skunk Fart Pale Ale - Jayse's LCPA clone SG - Specific Gravity (see also FG and OG) Slurry - mixture of yeast and trub SMM - S-methyl methionine SNPA - Sierra Nevada (pale ale) Sparge (vt.) - A method of extracting sugars from mashed grain by addition of hot water. Types include fly sparge (adding a steady trickle of water to maintain a constant head of water above the grain), flood sparge (adding sparge water in increments so the head is repeatedly falling and being raised), and batch sparge the mash tun is repeatedly completely drained and a batch of sparge water added and the tun drained again--usually repeated two to three times). Speise - a part of wort held back til the primary fermentation is done. Then, while racking/bottling, add about 8% Speise to the young beer to start a second fermentation in the keg/bottles to get the right amount of CO2 in the beer. Splurge - spend excessive amounts on brewing bling. SRM - Standard Reference Method (Standard for USA), Sometimes called Lovibond. See EBC SS - Stainless Steel SS - SodaStream SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed (aka: the missus or The Wife)

T TBH - To Be Honest ... blah blah blah TCHBOHB - The Complete Hand Book of Home Brewing (Dave Miller) TIA - thanks in advance TNCJOHB - The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing (Charlie Papazian) Toucan Brew - Beer recipe using two cans of pre-hopped liquid malt extract (Kits) water and yeast only. Trub - pronounced troob - hops and proteins left at the bottom of a brewing vessel; protein, hop residue and yeast at the bottom of a fermenter. TSP - TriSodium Phosphate - popular HB Cleaner/Sanitiser TTLA - Timothy Taylors Landlord Ale TW - Torrified Wheat - puffed wheat. Photo. TWOC - Tina's World Of Crafts(!) HBS in Perth

U URL - uniform resource locator (WWW address) USFDA - United States Food & Drug Administration

V VB - Victoria Bitter - bottled/canned water

W Wart - A viral infection of the skin that causes unsightly lumps. Not to be confused with wort. WBBD - Whole Bag Brew Day - full 25kg mash brew! - Photo Gallery WCB - West Coast Brewers. WK - Windisch Kolbach (also W-K), measure of diastatic power WL - White Labs (also WLP) Wort -pronounced wert (like word) - the unfermented liquor from which beer is made. Not to be confused with lumpy growths which can occur on the skin! WTF - What The F*$! ? WWW - world wide web WY - WYeast

X

Y YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

Z Zwickel - is a cloudy cellar beer, bottom fermented, a kind of unfiltered lager beer.