worts

Malt-infused liquors

Worts is the plural of wort, an old word for plant or herb that survives mainly in compound names: liverwort, mugwort, St. John's wort.

In brewing, wort (usually singular) is the sweet liquid extracted from mashing grain before fermentation turns it into beer: The brewer checked the temperature of the wort.

brewing

malt

Sprouted grain for brewing

hops · yeast · boil · kettle · gravity · extract · sugars · steeping · germination · enzymes

plants

mugwort

Aromatic medicinal artemisia

  • figwortFlowering plant, Scrophulariaceae family
  • ragwortToxic yellow wildflower
  • liverwortPrimitive spore-bearing plant

lungwort · pennywort · bladderwort · spiderwort · butterwort · milkwort · motherwort · pilewort · soapwort · fleawort

Opposites
fermentation stage

wortsbeer

Fermented grain drink

ale · alcohol · spirits · lager · stout

Phrases
Family

wort

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G