Kevin K
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This week is my first serious week of researching brewing my own beer. Can anyone point me towards a brewing glossary, in order for me to decode WTF you guys are saying?
Thanks!
Kevin
Thanks!
Kevin
I must have missed that. I'll check again.david_42 said:Palmer STARTS off with his glossary, has a good index and you can search the online version. The hard copy is Rev. 3, buy it.
You don't need to wait for the new edition to get started brewing...there's plenty in the online edition to get you going right now.Kevin K said:http://www.howtobrew.com/glossary.html
Found the glossary, and emailed John Palmer to see if Rev. 3 will be available before June 2006. I'd like to get started before that time. I'll post his reply here.
SteveM said:Here is a short glossary that might be useful. In the same way that Eskimos have something like twenty six words for snow, brewers have many words that essentially mean or are related to "gunk." As in:
Trub = gunk at the bottom of the fermenter.
Krausen = gunk at the top of the fermenter.
Floaties = gunk suspended between the top and bottom of the fermenter.
Sediment = gunk at the bottom of the bottle.
Bottle conditioning = making it sound like bottle gunk is a good thing.
Racking = moving from one big container to another to help get rid of gunk.
Finings = stuff to prevent floating gunk.
See? Nothing to it. All you have to do is assume that whatever secret code word used relates to gunk and you are in on the code.
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