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Beer
Any alcoholic beverage brewed by slow fermentation from malted cereal grain and flavoured with hops.
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International Bittering Units (IBUs)
Beverages; Beer
A measure of the bitterness in a beer. The most bitter beers can be over 100 IBUs.
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 ...
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.