Brewing Terminology

adjective relating to or characteristic of beer, especially in smell or taste

• The beery aroma in the brewery was overpowering.
• I can't stand the beery taste of this cheap beer.
• Let's grab some beery brews and hang out tonight.
• His beery laughter filled the room with warmth and joy.

noun a large barrel-like container made of wood, metal, or plastic, used for storing liquids such as wine or beer

• The wine was aged in a wooden cask for several years before bottling.
• I heard they found a hidden cask of rum in the basement of that old house.
• Let's sneak a cask of beer into the party and have a good time!
• His mind was a cask overflowing with memories of the past.

noun the act of crushing or pulverizing something into a soft mass

verb to crush or pulverize something into a soft mass

• The chef demonstrated the proper technique for mashing potatoes.
• I love mashing up avocados to make guacamole.
• I was mashing on the dance floor last night.
• The intense workout felt like mashing my muscles into submission.

verb to spray or sprinkle water or other liquid over something, typically to cool or moisten it

• The brewery uses a sparge arm to evenly distribute hot water over the grain bed during the lautering process.
• Make sure to sparge the grains thoroughly to extract all the sugars for a good beer.
• I always forget to sparge properly when I'm brewing at home.
• She tried to sparge her thoughts, filtering out the negative ones and focusing on the positive.

noun a term used in physics and engineering to describe the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance

• The specific gravity of the liquid is a crucial factor in determining its density.
• You can tell how heavy something is by looking at its specific gravity.
• Specific gravity is like the weight scale for liquids.
• The specific gravity of the situation indicated how serious it was.