For our viewers at home, we'd like to define some terms that we use in our Beereviews series. Some of these are true to meaning beer terms, some are bastardised definitions of such terms, and some are just things we sort of cobbled together.
This list is a growing record, so if you hear something that strikes you as unfamiliar, let us know!
Lightning Round- The final part of our standard episodes. We put time on the clock and drink a mass market beer, saying everything that comes to mind.
Craft- Any beer that is not a mass market domestic or import.
ABV- Alcohol By Volume, a measurement of how much alcohol is present in a drink. It is defined by the amount of ethanol in 20mL of a solution. This is not the same as alcohol by weight or ABW.
ABW- Alcohol by weight, another measurement of alcohol in a beverage. But this time, it's the percentage of the total mass.
Mouthfeel- The sensation that a beer gives to your mouth/tongue. Some have a glycerin-like texture, fully coating the mouth.
Floral- A description given to hop-heavy beers. It can literally taste like biting a flower. Often hints of pine flavour also pervade. See also: hoppy
Hoppy- A description given to hop-heavy beers. The processes used to make pale ales and IPAs often rely on more hops or the beers being exposed to hops for longer meaning that the flavour is decidedly more prominent. It often lingers in the mouth.
IBUs- International Bittering Units, this is a number given to a beer after its measured with a spectrophotometer and through the use of solvent extraction. This is all fancy speak, but it means that beers with higher IBUs are more bitter and those with fewer are less bitter.
Session- Session beers are those with ABVs of less than 5% that one could enjoy several of in a drinking session, such as happy hour, without getting tanked.
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