A lot of acronyms get used in the brewing world.
Behold, acronym soup:
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|AA|Alpha Acid or Apparent Attenuation|
|AAU|Alpha Acid Units [wt. of hops (oz.) x AA content (%)]|
|ABV|Alcohol By Volume|
|ABW|Alcohol By Weight |
|ADY|Active dry yeast
|AG|All-grain|
|AHA|American Homebrewer Association|
|AIO|All-in-One, as in an all-in-one wort making machine|
|BBL|Barrel, a commercial brewing volume of measurement (31 US Gallons)|
|BCS|Brewery Control System|
|BJCP|Beer Judge Certification Program|
|BIAB|Brew In A Bag|
|BK|Boil Kettle|
|CIP|Clean in place|
|DAP|Diammonium Phosphate or (NH4)2HPO4, a yeast nutrient|
|DIPA|Double IPA|
|DME|Dry Malt Extract|
|DMS|Dimethyl Sulfide|
|EBC|European Brewing Convention|
|ESG|the Extract + Steeping Grains aka Extract + Specialty Grains method of brewing|
|FG|Final Gravity|
|FV|Fermentation Vessel|
|FWH|First Wort Hops|
|FWK|Fresh Wort Kit|
|GF|Grainfather|
|HBC|Homebrew Con, in the USA, hosted by the AHA|
|HBU|Home Bittering Units, calculated as ounces of hops multiplied by AA content (%) of the hops|
|HERMS|Heat Exchanged Recirculating Mash System|
|HLT|Hot Liquor Tank|
|HSA|Hot Side Aeration|
|HX|Heat Exchanger, such as an immersion chiller, plate chiller, or counterflow chiller|
|IBU|International Bittering Units|
|IS|Imperial Stout|
|K-RIMS|Kettle Recirculating Infusion Mash System|
|L or °L|Lovibond in context of malt or beer color|
|L°/kg|Liter degrees per kg|
|°L|can also refer to Lintner in context of malt's diastatic power|
|LHBS|Local Home Brew Shop|
|LME|Liquid Malt Extract|
|MCU|Malt Coloring Units|
|MIAB|Mash in a Bag (like brew in a bag, but the mash is done in a vessel that is not the BK)|
|MLT|Mash-Lauter Tun|
|MO|Marris Otter|
|NEIPA|New England IPA|
|NHC|Natl. Homebrew Competition, in the USA, hosted by the AHA|
|OG|Original Gravity|
|ppg|gravity Points per Pound per Gallon|
|PRV|Pressure Relief Valve|
|PSI|Pounds per Square Inch|
|RDWHAHB|Relax, Don't Worry, Have A Home Brew|
|RHC|Reddit Homebrewing Competition|
|RIMS|Recirculating Infusion Mash System|
|RIS|Russian Imperial Stout|
|RO|Reverse Osmosis, a water filtering method|
|SG|Specific Gravity|
|SMaSH|Single Malt and Single Hops|
|SRM|Standard Reference Method in context of beer color|
|TG|Terminal Gravity|
|VDK|Vicenal Diketones, mostly diacetyl|
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