| There are several words that you will be introduced | | | | with the yeast. This usually takes a couple weeks |
| to when brewing beer. Some of them are probably | | | | and is done before bottling your beer. |
| things that you have heard before such as pH, Ale, | | | | FG - Final gravity (the gravity of the beer taken at |
| and Lager. This article will give a more in depth | | | | the end of fermentation) |
| description of these terms as well as give you a | | | | Gravity - denseness of a liquid (used to determine |
| variety of new homebrewing vocabulary that you | | | | the amount of alcohol) |
| may not have heard yet. | | | | Hydrometer - tool used to determine gravity |
| ABV - Alcohol by volume | | | | IPA - India Pale Ale |
| ABW - Alcohol by weight | | | | Lager - bottom fermented beer |
| Airlock - a plastic top that lets carbon dioxide be | | | | Lautering - mash separated into the wort and |
| released during fermentation without contaminating | | | | leftover grain |
| your brew. | | | | Malt - Grain (either barley or wheat) sometimes in a |
| Ale - top fermented beer | | | | malt extract form which is a syrup |
| Carboy - glass fermenter | | | | Mead - fermented honey |
| Conditioning - Adding sugar to your beer before | | | | OG - Original gravity (the gravity of the beer taken |
| bottling. This makes the left over yeast react with | | | | at the beginning of fermentation)pH - percent |
| the sugar to create carbonation. | | | | Hydrion |
| DME - dry malt extract | | | | Pitching - pouring yeast into your beer |
| Dry hopping - adding hops during the fermentation | | | | Sparging - filtering water through grain to get the |
| stage | | | | sugar out of the grain |
| Fermentation - the time in the brewing process | | | | Wort - What you call your brew when you have |
| where your beer is sitting in a container and reacting | | | | finished boiling before adding it to the fermenter. |
