AA = Alpha Acids (the bittering component of hops)
ABA = American Brown Ale
AG = All-Grain
BU = Bittering Units a.k.a. IBU
CRS = Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (French riot police) or Carbonate Reduction Solution (a mixture of acids for reducing the alkalinity of your brewing liquor
DME = Dried Malt Extract
FG = Final Gravity
FV = Fermentation Vessel
H&G = a well-known homebrew shop
HERMS = Heat Exchanger Recirculating Mash System
IG = Isinglass (a fining agent made from fish swim-bladders)
IPA = India Pale Ale
MO = Maris Otter (a high-grade British pale malt)
MT = Mash Tun (frequently a picnic cool-box or plastic boiler)
OG = Original Gravity
PG = Present Gravity
PH or more properly pH = how acid a solution is on a scale of 1 = e.g. conc. hydrochloric acid, 14 = conc. caustic soda
RIMS = Recirculating Infusion Mash System
RO = Reverse Osmosis (a kind of water softener, also technology used in kidney dialysis - the liquid is pumped past a membrane, and salts pass across the membrane to the side with less pressure or lower concentration)
S-23 = Safale 23 (a well-loved ale yeast)
SG = Specific Gravity (the thing you measure with a hydrometer, where 1000 or 1.000 is pure water), used to measure sugar concentration e.g. OG or FG
SRM = (sorry I can't remember - anyone?)
TTL = Transistor-Transistor Logic or Timothy Taylor Landlord
(edited to be in alphabetical order
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