The home beer brewing process, equipment, and ingredient terms, distinct from the craft beer tasting deck.
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- What is the primary grain used in beer brewing?
- Malted barley
- What is mashing?
- Soaking crushed grains in hot water to convert starches to sugars
- What is sparging?
- Rinsing grains with hot water to extract remaining sugars
- What is the boil?
- Heating the wort to sanitize it and extract hop bitterness and flavor
- What is a hydrometer?
- A tool to measure liquid density and determine alcohol content
- What is original gravity?
- The density of wort before fermentation begins
- What is final gravity?
- The density of wort after fermentation is complete
- What is a fermentation vessel?
- A container where yeast converts sugars into alcohol
- What is a carboy?
- A large glass or plastic jug used for fermentation
- What is a mash tun?
- A vessel used to hold grains during the mashing process
- What is a wort chiller?
- A device used to cool hot wort after boiling
- What is an airlock?
- A one-way valve that allows CO2 to escape during fermentation
- What is dry hopping?
- Adding hops after boiling to increase aroma without bitterness
- What does IBU measure?
- International Bitterness Unit, a measure of hop bitterness in beer
- What is ABV?
- Alcohol by volume, the percentage of alcohol in beer