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Glossary of Home Brewing Terminology

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wort

The sugary liquid produced in the brewing process either by mashing malted barley and water or using extracts and water. Wort basically the "beer" before the yeast is added for fermentation.

Wort

The name used for the solution of grain sugars which are strained from the mash tun during the mashing and sparging process of brewing. This solution is unfermented, meaning the yeast has not yet been added.

Wort Chiller

A device, usually a construction of copper tubing, through which cold water can run thus rapidly cooling the wort mixture.