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Wort (disambiguation)

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Wort might refer to one of the following:

  • Wort (pronounced [wɜ(r)t]) (to rhyme with dirt or word, not wart or ward) is the liquid extracted by the process of Worting, the mashing of malted barley to use in brewing beer. Adding other grains to the barley is used for some varietal beers (wheat beer and oatmeal stout, for example) or, more commonly, to cheapen the ingredients, as in the case of most beer produced by large breweries in North America. It is known firstly as sweet wort and then hopped wort after hops have been added at the boiling process. Wort contains sugars that will be fermented by yeast added once the solution has cooled down sufficiently to allow the yeast to survive.
  • WORT is a listener-sponsored community radio station located in Madison, WI. On the air since 1975, WORT broadcasts a 2000-watt signal at 89.9 FM. Among other things, WORT is unusual in that all of its programmers (DJs, hosts, reporters, producers, engineers, etc) are volunteers from the community.
  • Wort also refers to the video game series Halo, where in the game "Elites" yell this word. In several interviews it was revealed that this is merely the word "go" reversed. Its inherent significance is ambiguous, as it is used as a battle cry, cheer, and non sequitur almost interchangeably.