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DictionarywortBrewing liquid
noun

wort

WURT/wɜrt/

Unfermented malt liquid used to make beer or whiskey.

Amber wort drains from the crushed malt into a collecting vessel.

A close-up brewing cutaway shows amber liquid draining through a perforated false bottom beneath wet crushed malt into a clean collecting vessel.
Etymology
wyrtOld Englishunfermented malt liquid

The brewing word continues Old English wyrt in its drink or malt-liquid sense. It is kept distinct from wyrt meaning a plant or herb.

In context

Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries146:47
The malted barley has been boiled to produce a liquid rich in sugars known as wort. And I can draw this first batch off.
What It Was Like To Live On A Medieval Farm As A Peasant | Tudor Monastery | Chronicle

More examples

  • Sweet wort flowed from the mash tun.
  • Hops boiled in the wort to add bitterness.
  • The fermentation vessel was filled with fresh wort.

Forms

wort

Similar words

beer
Wort is the unfermented brewing liquid; beer has undergone fermentation.
mash
Mash is the mixture of grain and water used in brewing; wort is the liquid extracted from it.