Home Brew Acronyms
by Brewtus on 02-23-2007 at 10:02 pm

This is Simon W's list.
Links are Underlined

3V.............3 Vessel (all grain brewing)
AA.............Alpha Acid - BYO magazine article - Wikipedia
AAA...........American Amber Ale (2008 BJCP Style Guidelines)
AAU...........Alpha Acid Unit - Hop Measurement by John Palmer
ABA...........American Brown Ale (2008 BJCP Style Guidelines)
ABV...........Alcohol By Volume
ABW...........Alcohol By Weight
AFAIK.........As Far As I Know
AFD............Alcohol Free Day
AG.............All Grain
AHB...........Aussie Home Brewer (your here!)
ANAWBS.....Australian National Amateur Wine and Beer Show - Website
APA...........American Pale Ale (2008 BJCP Style Guidelines)
ATM...........At The Moment
BB.............Brew Booster
BE.............Brew Enhancer - Coopers - also BE2
BIAB..........Brew In A Bag - How To
BIN............Buy It Now - Ebay.
BJCP..........Beer Judge Certification Program - www.bjcp.org - Wikipedia
BOAB.........Brewing On A Budget Link to Thread
BP..............BrewPub
BS..............BullS**t
BTABJ.........Better Than A Blowjob
BTDT..........Been there done that.
BTW...........By The Way
BUMP..........Bump Up My Post(a recursive acronym, or backronym!)
BYO............Brew Your Own (print magazine) - www.BYO.com
CBF............Can't Be F**ked
CAP............Classic American Pilsner - BJCP style guidelines
CC.............Cold Condition - Conditioning Processes by John Palmer
CF..............Counter Flow
CFC............Counter Flow Chiller
CFWC.........Counter Flow Wort Chiller - Chillers by John Palmer - Garden Hose CFWC
CO2............Carbon Dioxide
CPA............Coopers (Original) Pale Ale
CPBF..........Counter Pressure Bottle Filler - How To - How To
CPF............Counter Pressure Filler
CSA............Cold Side Aeration
DCL.............DCL Yeast - formerly Fermentis - Safale, Saflager etc. - Website
DCS............Dried Corn Syrup (MaltoDextrin)
DLM............Dry Light Malt (Extract)
DME............Dry Malt Extract
DMS............DiMethyl Sulfide - Wikipedia
EBC............European Brewers Convention, a measure of grains/beer colour. See SRM
EKG............East Kent Goldings
EOS .. ........End of Story
ESB.............Eastern Suburbs Brewmaker - Eastern Sydney HBS www.esbeer.com.au ...or....
ESB.............Extra/English Special Bitter
FAN.............Free Amino-Nitrogen, helps yeast do stuff - Simple - Technical(350k PDF)
FB...............False Bottom (lautering)
FFS.............For F**** Sake
FG...............Finished/Final Gravity (see also OG and SG)
FTW............For The Win
FUBAR.........F%^&d up beyond all recognition
FWH............First Wort Hopping - Click Here for description.
FWIW..........For What It's Worth
FYI..............For Your Information
G&G...........Grain and Grape - HBS - www.grainandgrape.com.au
HB..............Home Brew!!
HBS............Home Brew Store/Shop
HBU............Homebrew Bittering Unit - Hop Measurement by John Palmer
HDPE..........High Density PolyEthylene - a plastic, used for fermentors, stirring spoons, etc.
HERMIT.......Heat Exchange Recirculating Mash Infusion T.... (Tank/Tun?) - Hybrid RIMS/HERMS system
HERMS........Heat Exchange Recirculating Mash System
HLT.............Hot Liqour Tank
HP..............High Pressure(?) gas burner
HSA............Hot Side Aeration
HTB............How To Brew - John Palmer's free online(print avail.) book. www.howtobrew.com
HTFU...........Hurry/Harden The F--- Up. - See YouTube (Language Warning!)
HWDMB........He Who Drinks My Beer - the "equivalent" of SWMBO for female brewers
IBU.............International Bitterness/ing Units
IBU ............ Illawarra Brewers Union
IIRC...........If I Remember Correctly
IMC............International Malting Company - Website
IMHO..........In My Humble Opinion IMHO
IME.............In My Experience
IMO............In My Opinion
IPA.............India(n) Pale Ale
IRA.............Irish Red Ale
JW..............Joe White (maltings)
K&K (K+K)....Kit (hopped malt extract) and Kilo (sugar)
LC..............Little Creatures
LCPA...........Little Creatures Pale Ale
LHBS...........Local Home Brew Store/Shop
LME.............Liquid Malt Extract
LMK.............Let Me Know
LOL.............Laughing Out Loud
MB's............MasterBrew's (Grumpy's)
MD..............MaltoDextrin
MLT.............Mash Lauter Tun
MO..............Maris Otter - variety of Barley
MT...............Mash Tun
NASA...........National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Apparently, the NASA burner sounds like the shuttle!
NB...............Northern Brewer hops
NC...............'No Chill' method for cooling boiled wort
OG...............Original Gravity (see also FG and SG)
OHS.............Over Hot Side(?)
OLHBS..........OnLine HomeBrew Store/Shop
OMG.............Oh My God
OPA..............Original Pale Ale (Coopers)
OTOH............On The Other Hand....blahblahblah
PET...............PolyEthylene Terephthalate - plastic, used for bottles, like Coke etc
PID...............Proportional-Integral-Derivate (controller).
PITA.............Pain In The Arse
PM................Private/Personal Message
POR..............Pride Of Ringwood
PS................PostScript
PSR..............Pink Stain Remover(?) - Chlorinated Trisodium Phosphate - aka: Pink Neo Sanitiser
PVC..............PolyVinylChloride - Vinyl tubing
R2D..............Ready to Drink
RB................Roasted Barley (I did not make this up!)
RCD..............Residual-Current Device - Wikipedia
RDWHAHB.....Relax, Don't Worry, Have A Home Brew!
RIMS.............Recirculating Infusion Mash System
RO................Reverse Osmosis (water filtration)
ROFL.............Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO.......ROFL My Arse Off
SFPA.............Skunk Fart Pale Ale - Jayse's LCPA clone
SG................Specific Gravity (see also FG and OG)
SMASH..........Single Malt And Single Hop
SN................Sierra Nevada
SNPA.............Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
SRM............. Standard Reference Method (Standard for USA), Sometimes called Lovibond. See EBC
SS................SodaStream
SS................Stainless Steel
SWMBO.........She Who Must Be Obeyed (aka: the missus or The Wife)
TBH...............To Be Honest ...
TSP...............TriSodium Phosphate - popular HB Cleaner/Sanitiser
TTLA.............Timothy Taylors Landlord Ale
TW................Torrified Wheat - puffed wheat. Photo.
TWOC............Tina's World Of Crafts(!) HBS in Perth.
VB.................Victoria Bitter - bottled/canned water
WBBD............Whole Bag Brew Day - full 25kg mash brew! - Photo Gallery
WCB..............West Coast Brewers.
WL.................White Labs (also WLP)
WTF...............What The F*$! ?
WY.................WYeast
YMMV.............Your Mileage May Vary