Brewing terminology/acronyms

[BarryNL]

PID = Pricy, Incomprehensible Device (or maybe Proportional, Integral, Derivative) controller. Essential for RIMS and HERMS brewers (oops, that just made things worse).

[cbucket]

Sorry, newbie question. What is a cornie ? Is it the same as a keg ?

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Sorry, newbie question. What is a cornie ? Is it the same as a keg ?

It's a type of keg:

http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/cornelius.htm

[boingy]

Now, can anyone guess what my username means?? .

I'll go for "Probably Due To Network Congestion"


Google.....

[lollypopp]

Silly question, keep seeing iirc, what is this short for?

[WishboneBrewery]

Now, can anyone guess what my username means?? .

I'll go for "Probably Due To Network Congestion"
Google.....

ha ha... well someone finally got the gag!!!

Silly question, keep seeing iirc, what is this short for?

If I Recall Correctly

[wgardner]

When people say they 'aerated the wort after the yeast went in' - does this just mean giving the liquid in the FV a good stir?

[chris_reboot]

yup. really good stir. like you're whisking matey bubble bath up in the tub! (just me then? - I'll get me coat)

[wgardner]

Brilliant, thanks for clearing that up!

[Stomach]

This is really good and very useful!!

cheers!

[benjybob]

Re: coopers lagers.
by mickhew » Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:28 am

I always go for the European lager, with the lager yeast. No need for any hop teas. With 1 kg BKE. tastes like Stella.

what is BKE???

[GrowlingDogBeer]

what is BKE???

Beer Kit Enhancer - essentially a mix of Dextrose and Dried Malt Extract.

[benjybob]

ahh, brill, cheers

[*xen*]

What does HLT stand for? And, more importantly, what is it's purpose?

[pokerswazi]

What does HLT stand for? And, more importantly, what is it's purpose?

HLT = hot liquor tank. It is the vessel used for heating up your strike water (mixed with grain, becomes mash) and heating up you sparge water.