Brewing & Homebrewing Terms

Extracts are concentrated wort made from mashing grain malt and then removing a portion of the water to either concentrate it into a thick syrup or a dry powder.

The Final Gravity (FG) of a beer is simply the specific gravity of the beer measured after fermentation has completed and the beer is ready for bottling.

used to crush grains in preparation for brewing.

head or foam refers to the bubbly layer of foam at the top of a freshly poured beer.

a device used to measure the specific gravity of unfermented wort and fermented beer during the brewing process.