Glossary I

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Glossary I

• Infusion Mashing
• India Pale Ale
• Inoculate
• IBU
• Inert Sugar
• Inertase
• Imperial
• Ion

An atom or group of atoms having either a positive or negative charge from having lost or gained one or more electrons.

• Isiomerize

To alter the arrangement--but not the kind or number--of atoms in a compound by heating or other means. During boiling, alpha acids are isomerized and these isomers (iso-alpha acids) bitter the finished beer.