Wort Acronyms
Acronyms and Abbreviations commonly seen on the WortNet mailing list.
Beer Related Acronyms
3B = BBMB = Beer, Beer and More Beer (http://www.morebeer.com)
- AB = Anheuser Busch
- ADA = Apparent Degree of Attenuation
- AHA = American Homebrew Association
- AR = Apparent Rennerian
- AOB = Association of Brewers
BA = Beer Advocate (http://www.beeradvocate.com/)
BFD = Brew Free or Die (See OtherClubs)
BHC = Boston Homebrew Competition (http://bhc.wort.org)
- BJCP = Beer Judge Certification Program
- BOP = Brew On Premises (You Brew)
- Brett. = Short for Brettanomyces (wild yeast)
- BT = Brewing Techniques (Magazine)
BURP = Brewers United for Real Potables (See OtherClubs)
BWP = Boston Wort Processors (See WortProcessors)
- BYO = Brew Your Own
Bones = (http://www.redbones.com/)
CBC = Cambridge Brewing Company (http://www.cambrew.com/)
- CAP = Classic American Pilsner
- CFC = Counter-Flow Chiller
- CIP = Clean in Place
- Color = Color
- Colour = Color
- CU = Copper
- FAS = Flavor Act Session
- FG = Final Gravity
- FUD = Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
- FWH = First Wort Hopping
GMM = Green Mountain Mashers (See OtherClubs)
- HBD = Home Brew Digest (Email List)
- HERMS = Heat Exchange Recirculation Mash System
- HLT = Hot Liquor Tank
- IBU = International Bitterness Unit
- IHSA = In House Style Appreciation
- LHBS = Local Home Brew Shop
- MCAB = Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing
- NEHBOTY = New England Homebrewer of the Year
- OG = Original Gravity
- PAL = Premium American Lager
- pellicle = a thin skin or film on the top of beer, usually found in lambic fermentations
- Plambic = Pseudo-Lambic
- Pre-pro Pils = Pre-prohibition Pilsner (See CAP)
- RIMS = Recirculate Infusion Mash System
- SBOMN = Shooting Beer Out My Nose (See ROTFLMAO)
Seppo = Americans - (yank -> septic tank -> seppo)
- SG = Specific Gravity
- SNERHC = Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition
- SS = Stainless Steel
SSBC = South Shore Brew Club (See OtherClubs)
- SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed (As used on the HBD)
- TG = Terminal Gravity
TJO'CIIIMD&S = A very accomplished homebrewer, has big ego and pony tail, lacks sense of humor on non-politcally correct camaraderie.
- TSP = Tri-Sodium-Phosphate
- Whipotty = WPOTY WPOTY = Wort Processor Of The Year. (A bag job award if there ever was one as it's always been won by a Wort Processor).
- Zymurgy = AHA's Brewing Magazine
Non-Beer Related Acronyms
A huge collection of Chat Acronyms can be found at http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm.
- 3DBB = Three Dimensional Black Board
- AKA = Also Known As
- BS = Bill Slack
- FAQ = Frequently Asked Question (Document)
- FWIW = Female, White, Into Wort
- FYI = For Your Information
- IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer
- IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
- IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion
- IMO = In My Opinion
- JLMK = Just Let Me Know
- NAJASC = Not Affiliated, Just A Satisfied Customer
- NAYY = Not Affiliated Yadda Yadda
- OK = Okay
PC = PoliticallyCorrect
- PITA = Pain In The Ass
- ROTFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
- ROTFLMAO = Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
- RTM = Read The Manual
- RTFM = Read The Fucking Manual
- WTF = What The Fuck?