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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?