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Beer

Any alcoholic beverage brewed by slow fermentation from malted cereal grain and flavoured with hops.

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Infusion

Beverages; Beer

Simplest form of mash, in which grains are soaked in water. May be at a single temperature, or with upward or (occasionally) downward changes.

International Bittering Units (IBUs)

Beverages; Beer

A measure of the bitterness in a beer. The most bitter beers can be over 100 IBUs.

All-Malt

Beverages; Beer

Often used in exchange for the term "craft brew". It refers to beers made from 100 percent malted barley, malted wheat or malted rye. In contrast, non-craft brews may contain up to 60 percent rice or ...

Alpha Acid

Beverages; Beer

A resin contained in the hop plant that is responsible for the bitterness in beer. When purchasing hops, the alpha acid content of the hops will be given as a percentage and printed on the package ...

Amber

Beverages; Beer

Any top or bottom-fermented beer having an amber color: between pale and dark.

Anaerobic

Beverages; Beer

The ability to metabolise without oxygen present such as bottom-fermenting lager yeasts.

Apparent Attenuation (AA)

Beverages; Beer

The percentage of sugars that have been converted to alcohol by the yeast. Calculated by subtracting the final gravity from the original gravity.

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