How to Use wort in a Sentence

wort

noun
  • This step results in a sweet wort.
    — Clark Da​nderson, The Conversation, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The wort was then pumped into a brew kettle, which would be brought to a rolling boil by steam pumped through coils from the boiler.
    — John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The yeast breaks down the sugars in the wort, releasing carbon dioxide and ethanol.
    — Clark Da​nderson, The Conversation, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The brewer then boils the sweet wort and adds hops to provide bitterness, aroma and flavors.
    — Clark Da​nderson, The Conversation, 13 Dec. 2023
  • To do it, the brewers ran hot wort from the kettle down the channel of a split 12-foot section of a pine tree.
    — Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
  • So Smith and company make a wort, or beer base, that’s low in maltose and high in the other sugars.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Can Gary Barta come out to play and not be run over by a Rumpke truck or drowned in a vat of Hudepohl wort?
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2021
  • At that point hops, a flowering perennial that imparted bitterness and aroma to the wort, were added.
    — John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
  • As a brewer, my father spent his days busied by every manner of task—boiling wort, cleaning barrels, keeping records.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
  • To that end, the wort is recirculated to improve purity, thanks to the ability of the husks in the liquid to act as a sort of filtration system.
    — Brian Freedman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • That’s the best wort to describe this rousing, high-energy musical loosely based on the life of superstar Alicia Keys.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Supplements that may increase blood pressure include licorice, bitter orange, guarana, Saint-John’s-wort, caffeine, and yohimbe.
    — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2026
  • It’s then transferred to the lauter tun, a stainless steel machine that will filter liquid wort (a sugar-water mix) and extract additional sugars through a process called sparging.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024
  • Dry hopping involves adding hops to beer after the wort has cooled, typically during fermentation or conditioning.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But the secret to their single malt isn’t just about the raw materials—Fraser likes to run things low and slow, fermenting the wort for up to seven days using proprietary yeast.
    — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Then the wort is transferred to wooden barrels and allowed to mature for months or sometimes years, as the microbes produce various metabolic products that contribute to sour beer's unique flavor.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Louvered windows are opened to allow outside air in, cooling the wort and inoculating it with microbes that will magically start fermentation.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Teams clustered around three cauldrons, coaxing different worts to temperature in preparation for fermentation.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Controlling fermentation involves using either low temperatures to limit yeast activity, strains of yeast that are unable to break down certain sugars, or wort that is less fermentable.
    — Clark Da​nderson, The Conversation, 13 Dec. 2023
  • St John's wort and saffron had the strongest positive outcomes, with studies showing these two distinct supplements worked, compared to a placebo, and were on par with existing prescription antidepressants.
    — New Atlas, 14 July 2025
  • In preparation for the show, Ulargui, in collaboration with the brand’s creative director Jonathan Anderson, spend around 20 days growing the plants which ranged from cat’s wort to chia plants.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 20 July 2022
  • Low-growing plants often used as ground covers include Canadian wild-ginger, sweet woodruff, bishop’s wort (Epimedium) and spotted dead-nettle (Lamium maculatum).
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2022
  • From St John’s wort to vitamin D, the range of over-the-counter supplements for mental health support and wellbeing continues to expand at a rate faster than scientists can validate their efficacy.
    — New Atlas, 14 July 2025
  • Using precise brewing techniques, but mimicking the traditional techniques used in Pajottenland, Blind Enthusiasm’s team of brewers always makes the same wort.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

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