Malt vs. Wort

Maltnoun

Malted grain sprouted grain (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.

Maltnoun

Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.

Maltnoun

A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.

Maltnoun

Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

Maltverb

(transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.

Maltverb

(intransitive) To become malt.

Maltverb

To drink malt liquor.

Maltnoun

Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.

Maltadjective

Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.

Maltverb

To make into malt; as, to malt barley.

Maltverb

To become malt; also, to make grain into malt.

Maltnoun

a milkshake made with malt powder

Maltnoun

a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer

Maltnoun

a cereal grain that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling

Maltverb

treat with malt or malt extract;

Maltverb

turn into malt, become malt

Maltverb

convert grain into malt

Maltverb

convert into malt

Malt

Malt is germinated cereal grain that has been dried in a process known as . The grain is made to germinate by soaking in water and is then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air.Malting grain develops the enzymes (α-amylase, β-amylase) required for modifying the grains' starches into various types of sugar, including monosaccharide glucose, disaccharide maltose, trisaccharide maltotriose, and higher sugars called maltodextrines.

Wortnoun

(archaic) A plant; herb; vegetable.

Wortnoun

Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term.

Wortnoun

(brewing) Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer.

Wortnoun

A plant of any kind.

Wortnoun

Cabbages.

Wortnoun

An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.

Wortnoun

usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'

Wortnoun

unfermented or fermenting malt

Wort

Wort () is the liquid extracted from the mashing process during the brewing of beer or whisky. Wort contains the sugars, the most important being maltose and maltotriose, that will be fermented by the brewing yeast to produce alcohol.