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