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- initialism International Bitterness Units, a measure of the
bitterness ofbeer
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Examples
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She profusely apologised in a letter to biathlon's world governing body, the IBU.
Anton Hysen states case for coming out and for his father's speech 2011
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I put some ice and it and gave her some IBU and she feel asleep, so I thought she was fine.
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The recipes were tweaked so that the time signature matches the IBU rating.
When Nebbiolo’s not for newbies – and toward a general theory of bitter | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Some of your Double IPAs and Imperial IPAs will have palate wrecking quantities of IBUs in the 100 IBU realm.
When Nebbiolo’s not for newbies – and toward a general theory of bitter | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I was talking with a beer geek (is that what they are called?) the other day and he told me about the IBU, a measure also known as the International Bittering Unit that rates the hoppy bitterness of a brew.
When Nebbiolo’s not for newbies – and toward a general theory of bitter | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The Voyager is a Belgian-American Pale Ale with a muscular 75 IBU and 6% ABV.
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Second is the Bluegrass Brewing Company's Rye 75 IPA - a solidly made IPA with a hefty 75 IBU and a big portion of rye malt in the grain bill.
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Second is the Bluegrass Brewing Company's Rye 75 IPA - a solidly made IPA with a hefty 75 IBU and a big portion of rye malt in the grain bill.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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A really, really big imperial IPA 12% ABV and 112 IBU – bigger than Dogfish Head 90 Minute, not as big as 120, Devil Dancer goes down shockingly smooth.
Founder's Devil Dancer jkd 2009
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A really, really big imperial IPA 12% ABV and 112 IBU – bigger than Dogfish Head 90 Minute, not as big as 120, Devil Dancer goes down shockingly smooth.
Archive 2009-07-01 jkd 2009
hernesheir commented on the word IBU
International Bitnerness Unit
December 14, 2013
madmouth commented on the word IBU
a unit of measurement both madeupical and unfrivolous - world first; you got it from hernesheir
December 18, 2013