>>>>>>> Brewing Terms <<<<<<<
| All Grain Brewing | A process of brewing beer using only malted grains instead of extracts. The grain is mixed with hot water in a Mash tun then drained. The resulting liquid in call Wort |
| Carboy | A Large glass jar specifically designed to hold fermenting wort |
| Extract Brewing | A process of brewing beer using canned or powdered malt extracts derived from malted grains |
| Final Gravity | A measure of the unfermantable substances in beer after fermentation. When FG is compared to the Original Gravity, the exact alcoholic strength can be determined. |
| Hops | One of the four principal ingredients of beer, hops are flower cones added to beer as a bittering agent, a preservative, and an aromatic. |
| Hydrometer | A thermometer-like device used to measure the specific gravity to determine the proportion of potential alcohol in the beer. |
| Keg | One-half barrel, or 15.5 U. S. gallons. A half keg or, 7.75 U. S. gallons, is referred to as a pony-keg. |
| Lager & Ales | There are two categories of beer, Lagers and Ales. Lagers ferment at low temps (46 to 55) and Ales at higher temps (60 to 72) |
| Malt | Barley thats steeped in water, germinated ,then kilned to convert insoluble starch to soluble substances and sugar. The foundation ingredient of beer. |
| Mash tun | A container used in all grain brewing to mix hot water and grain, the result is wort |
| Original Gravity | A measure of the fermentable and unfermentable substances in the wort before fermentation. |
| Partial Mash Brewing | A brewing process where you would use extracts as well also some specialty grains to give more variety and greater flavor complexity. Most beer kits you buy use a partial mash process. |
| Wort | A sweet liquid that comes from mashing grains or extracts mixed with water. |
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