Brewing terminology/acronyms

[chairmanmaw]

Hello all,

Being a new kid to all this brewing stuff, Im getting lost on some of the terminology and acronyms being used on this forum.

Is there a reference guide or teminology posting on here that gives an explanation, in layman's terms, of the various specific words in use on the forum?

If so, can someone send me the link? I've trawled through the various entries on the forum and cant seem to find one.

if not, can we compile one?

Thanks,

Maw

[Ahdinko]

It took me ages to figure out what SWMBO was.

[chairmanmaw]

It took me ages to figure out what SWMBO was.

SWeating my balls off?

What does it mean then?!

[stubru23]

SWMBO

Sugar
With
Malt
Brews
OUD (BRUIN ):roll:

[edit1now]

AA = Alpha Acids (the bittering component of hops)
ABA = American Brown Ale
AG = All-Grain
BU = Bittering Units a.k.a. IBU
CRS = Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (French riot police) or Carbonate Reduction Solution (a mixture of acids for reducing the alkalinity of your brewing liquor
DME = Dried Malt Extract
FG = Final Gravity
FV = Fermentation Vessel
H&G = a well-known homebrew shop
HERMS = Heat Exchanger Recirculating Mash System
IG = Isinglass (a fining agent made from fish swim-bladders)
IPA = India Pale Ale
MO = Maris Otter (a high-grade British pale malt)
MT = Mash Tun (frequently a picnic cool-box or plastic boiler)
OG = Original Gravity
PG = Present Gravity
PH or more properly pH = how acid a solution is on a scale of 1 = e.g. conc. hydrochloric acid, 14 = conc. caustic soda
RIMS = Recirculating Infusion Mash System
RO = Reverse Osmosis (a kind of water softener, also technology used in kidney dialysis - the liquid is pumped past a membrane, and salts pass across the membrane to the side with less pressure or lower concentration)
S-23 = Safale 23 (a well-loved ale yeast)
SG = Specific Gravity (the thing you measure with a hydrometer, where 1000 or 1.000 is pure water), used to measure sugar concentration e.g. OG or FG
SRM = (sorry I can't remember - anyone?)
TTL = Transistor-Transistor Logic or Timothy Taylor Landlord

(edited to be in alphabetical order )

Come on guys, help me and the good chairmanmaw

[Ahdinko]

SWMBO

She Who Must Be Obeyed.

[chairmanmaw]

AA = Alpha Acids (the bittering component of hops)
ABA = American Brown Ale
AG = All-Grain
BU = Bittering Units a.k.a. IBU
CRS = Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (French riot police) or Carbonate Reduction Solution (a mixture of acids for reducing the alkalinity of your brewing liquor
DME = Dried Malt Extract
FG = Final Gravity
FV = Fermentation Vessel
H&G = a well-known homebrew shop
HERMS = Heat Exchanger Recirculating Mash System
IG = Isinglass (a fining agent made from fish swim-bladders)
IPA = India Pale Ale
MO = Maris Otter (a high-grade British pale malt)
MT = Mash Tun (frequently a picnic cool-box or plastic boiler)
OG = Original Gravity
PG = Present Gravity
PH or more properly pH = how acid a solution is on a scale of 1 = e.g. conc. hydrochloric acid, 14 = conc. caustic soda
RIMS = Recirculating Infusion Mash System
RO = Reverse Osmosis (a kind of water softener, also technology used in kidney dialysis - the liquid is pumped past a membrane, and salts pass across the membrane to the side with less pressure or lower concentration)
S-23 = Safale 23 (a well-loved ale yeast)
SG = Specific Gravity (the thing you measure with a hydrometer, where 1000 or 1.000 is pure water), used to measure sugar concentration e.g. OG or FG
SRM = (sorry I can't remember - anyone?)
TTL = Transistor-Transistor Logic or Timothy Taylor Landlord

(edited to be in alphabetical order )

Come on guys, help me and the good chairmanmaw

Now that's what I'm talking about!!

Nice one edit1now!

[anomalous_result]

Seeing as we're here, what's a CAP (besides a barmy European policy)?

[steve_flack]

CAP=Classic American Pilsner. Not to be confused with BMC (Bud-Miller-Coors) beers, this one actually tastes of something. AFAIK there aren't many (any?) commercial examples.

http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style02.php#1c

[dallse]

Great idea... there must be tons. I just added Added, CO2, H2O, DLS, LME, if that's OK. What about SM for spray malt. Not sure if that is used as an acronym here. I'll let my peers decided.

AA = Alpha Acids (the bittering component of hops)
ABA = American Brown Ale
AG = All-Grain
BU = Bittering Units a.k.a. IBU
CO2 = Carbon Dioxide
CRS = Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (French riot police) or Carbonate Reduction Solution (a mixture of acids for reducing the alkalinity of your brewing liquor
DLS = Dry Liquor Salts (a carefully controlled blend of inorganic salts designed to increase calcium levels and lower pH)
DME = Dried Malt Extract
FG = Final Gravity
FV = Fermentation Vessel
H2O = Most abundant molecule on Earth's surface
H&G = a well-known homebrew shop
HERMS = Heat Exchanger Recirculating Mash System
IG = Isinglass (a fining agent made from fish swim-bladders)
IPA = India Pale Ale
LME = Liquid Malt Extract
MO = Maris Otter (a high-grade British pale malt)
MT = Mash Tun (frequently a picnic cool-box or plastic boiler)
OG = Original Gravity
PG = Present Gravity
PH or more properly pH = how acid a solution is on a scale of 1 = e.g. conc. hydrochloric acid, 14 = conc. caustic soda
RIMS = Recirculating Infusion Mash System
RO = Reverse Osmosis (a kind of water softener, also technology used in kidney dialysis - the liquid is pumped past a membrane, and salts pass across the membrane to the side with less pressure or lower concentration)
S-23 = Safale 23 (a well-loved ale yeast)
SG = Specific Gravity (the thing you measure with a hydrometer, where 1000 or 1.000 is pure water), used to measure sugar concentration e.g. OG or FG
SRM = (sorry I can't remember - anyone?)
TTL = Transistor-Transistor Logic or Timothy Taylor Landlord

[edit1now]

Jim - should we make this a sticky somewhere?

[anomalous_result]

CAP=Classic American Pilsner. Not to be confused with BMC (Bud-Miller-Coors) beers, this one actually tastes of something. AFAIK there aren't many (any?) commercial examples.

http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style02.php#1c

Ahh, cheers.

[wetdog]

LHBS - local home brew shop
IBU - International Bitterness Unit
PET - poly-ethylene-terephallate

[Jim]

I've made this a sticky at Edit1now's request - it does seem like a useful thread for newbies!

[edit1now]

Thanks Jim!