Note - if you see an abbreviation with "BB" at the front but it's not in the list, separate the "BB" from the rest of the abbreviation and put the terms together. For example: "BB9K" is not in the list, but if you look up "BB" and "9K" separately, you find "Bourbon Barrel" and "Bell's Batch 9000", so you have a Bourbon Barrel Batch 9000. Boom.
Any abbreviation used for multiple terms are separated with a semicolon. If you see an abbreviation with a number after it and it’s not specifically signified here, chances are the number is just referring to the release year of the beer.
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001 - 013: Veritas xxx (series from The Lost Abbey)
2TD: 2 Turtle Doves (special Christmas series from the Bruery)
3F: Drie (3) Fonteinen - do not confuse this as “Three Floyds” which is abbreviated “FFF”
3FH: 3 French Hens (The Bruery)
4CB: 4 Calling Birds (The Bruery)
4D: Fourth Dementia (Kuhnhenn)
5D: Fifth Dementia (Kuhnhenn)
5GR: 5 Golden Rings (The Bruery)
6GL: 6 Geese-a-Laying (The Bruery)
9000/9K: Bell's Batch 900
#OG: refers to a certain year of Drie Fonteinen’s Oud Geuze (ex: 99OG would specifically mean a 1999 bottle of Oue Geuze)
#OGV: refers to a certain year of Drie Fonteinen’s Oud Geuze Vintage (ex: 02OGV would specifically mean a 2002 bottle of Oue Geuze Vintage)
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AB: often used as a prefix for “Apple Brandy” in reference to Apple Brandy barrel aged beers
ADwtD: A Deal With The Devil (Anchorage)
AftW: Adam from the Wood
ANTEAD: A Night To End All Dawns (Kane Brewing)
AR: Atrial Rubicite (Jester King)
AtG: Against The Grain brewery
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b#: usually “b” followed by a number signifies a specific batch number of a beer
BA: Barrel-Aged
BAA: sometimes used for Barrel Aged Abraxas (Perennial)
BADL: often used to refer generically to any “Barrel Aged” variant of Dark Lord
bal: Barrel-Aged (usually synonymous with BA)
BB: Bourbon-Barrel (usually synonymous with BBA); in rare cases it may stand for “Blueberry” (ex: Hill Farmstead’s BB Flora or Side Project BB Flanders).
BBA: Bourbon-Barrel Aged (usually synonymous with BB)
bbal: Bourbon-Barrel Aged (usually synonymous with BB/BBA)
BBbFT: Bourbon Barrel (banana) French Toast mead from Kuhnhenn (see: BBFT)
BBBW: commonly used for Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine style beers (usually preceeded by the brewer)
BBC: Boston Beer Company brewery (makers of Sam Adams beer)
BBCS: Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (typically not used to avoid confusion with Bourbon County Brand Stout)
BBFT: Bourbon Barrel French Toast mead from Kuhnhenn (synonymous with BBbFT)
BBVD: Big Black Voodoo Daddy
BC: sometimes used for "Bourbon County" (see: BCBS)
BCBCS: Bourbon County Brand COFFEE Stout
BCBRS: Bourbon County Brand RARE Stout (this is usually referred to as BCS Rare or simply "Rare")
BCBS: Bourbon County Brand Stout
BCBVS: Bourbon County Brand VANILLA Stout
BCS: Bourbon County Stout, common shorthand for "Bourbon County BRAND Stout" (synonymous with BCBS) , lesser used for Brooklyn’s Black Chocolate Stout
Beat: Beatification (Russian River sour)
BIF: "Beer-It-Forward" (a specific type/method of beer swapping/trading)
BN: Bell’s Black Note
BoT: Birth Of Tragedy (Hill Farmstead)
BRL: see SHBRL
BT: Black Tuesday (The Bruery); sometimes used to signify "Buffalo Trace" bourbon barrel aging
BVDL: Brandy Vanilla Dark Lord (sometimes may be confused for "Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord", usually this is avoided by typing out the "B" word)
BW: barley wine (style of beer)
BW#: Bottleworks # beer
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CAftW: Cherry Adam from the Wood
CBC: Cambridge Brewing Company; Columbus Brewing Company
CBH: Curmudgeon's Better Half
CBS: Canadian Breakfast Stout
CC: Cable Car
CCB: Cigar City Brewing
CCK: Cable Car Kriek
CD#: refers to a series of numbered beers titled “Civil Disobedience” by Hill Farmstead
CdC: Cuvee de Castleton
CdT: Cuvee de Tomme
CFH: Churchill's Finest hour
CL: Captain Lawrence brewery
CR: Chocolate Rain (The Bruery)
CS: Crooked Stave brewery
CW: Central Waters brewery
CW1414: Central Waters Fourteen Fourteen
CW15: Central Waters Fifteen
CW16: Central Waters Sixteen
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DB: often used to prefix “Double Barrel” when referring to a certain beer aged in two barrels
DBA: abbrevation to Firestone Walker’s “Double Barrel Ale” (not the same as Double DBA)
DBD: Double Barrel Damon (Hill Farmstead)
DBH: Double Barrel Hunahpu’s Stout (Cigar City)
DDG: Duck Duck Gooze
DEBC: Deep Ellum Brewing Company
DFH: Dogfish Head brewery
DL: Dark Lord
DONG: "Draft Only, No Growler" meaning a beer is available on tap but not for growler fills
DQ: Don Quijote (Cantillon)
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EC: sometimes used to signify "Elijah Craig" bourbon barrel aging
Expo: often refers to Alpine’s “Exponential Hoppiness” DIPA
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FB: Funky Buddha brewery
FBS: Founders Breakfast Stout
FF: FiftyFifty brewery; Flaming Fury (Captain Lawrence); Fou' Foune (Cantillon)
FfaC: Framboise for a Cure
FFF: Three Floyds brewery (used instead of 3F to avoid confusion with Drie Fonteinen)
FftW: Fred from the Wood
FIS: Founders Imperial Stout
Fou: shorthand for Cantillon’s “Fou’ Foune” lambic
FT: "for trade", used to show what a trader is willing to trade away
FV13: this is not an abbreviation, "FV 13" is the name of a beer by Allagash
FW: Firestone Walker brewery
FW#: Firestone Walker's Anniversary # beer
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GABF: Great American Beer Festival
GB: Ghandi Bot
GD: Great Divide brewery
GI: Goose island brewery
GIF: "Growler It Forward" (similar to BIF but with growlers being used)
GL: Great Lakes brewery (see: GLBC)
GLBC: Great Lakes Brewing Company
GM: Grey Monday (The Bruery)
GoM: Genealogy Of Morals (Hill Farmstead)
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Heady: short for Heady Topper
HH: sometimes used to signify "Heaven Hill" bourbon barrel aging
HF: Hill Farmstead brewery
HotD: Hair of the Dog brewery
HT: Heady Topper
Huna: short for Hunahpu Imperial Stout
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IP: Isabelle Proximus ("Izzy" is preferred); "In-person", refers to making a trade in person
ISO: "In Search Of", used to show what beers a trader is looking for
IST: Imperial Stout Trooper
Izzy: Isabelle Proximus (synonymous with IP)
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JD: sometimes used to signify "Jack Daniels" whiskey barrel aging
JK: Jester King brewery
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KBE: Kuhnhenn Blueberry Eisbock
KBBS: Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout (Toppling Goliath)
KBS: (Founders) Kentucky Breakfast Stout
KDS: Kentucky Dark Star (Fremont)
KH: King Henry
Kopi: refers to "Kopi Luwak", a type of coffee used to flavor certain coffee stouts
KRE: Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock
KtG: Kate the Great
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LA: The Lost Abbey brewery
LH: Left Hand brewery
LIF: "Lottery It Forward" (a specific type/method of beer swapping/trading)
'loon: shorthand for Cantillon brewery
LP: sometimes refers to the “Lou Pepe” series of beers from Cantillon
LPF: Lou Pepe Framboise lambic (Cantillon)
LPG: Lou Pepe Gueuze (Cantillon)
LPK: Lou Pepe Kriek lambic (Cantillon)
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MBCP: Maple Bacon Coffee Porter (Funky Buddha)
MC: Mexican Cake (Westbrook)
MC#/M&C#: refers to a numbered series of stouts titled “Madness & Civilization” from Hill Farmstead
MD: Mornin’ Delight (Toppling Goliath)
MM: sometimes used to signify "Makers Mark" bourbon barrel aging
MoAS: Mother of All Storms (Pelican)
MW: Mocha Wednesday (The Bruery)
MZ: Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout (Cigar City)
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NB: New Belgium brewery
NBO: "New BIF Opportunity" (acronym inside of an acronym)
NEBCO: New England Brewing Company
NG: New Glarus brewery
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OA: Oak-aged (not to be confused with bourbon barrel aging)
OG: often used for “Oud Geuze”, most commonly used for Drie Fonteinin’s Oud Geuze
OGV: Oud Geuze Vintage (Drie Fonteinen), almost always includes a number beforehand, signifying the desired year
OtWoA: On The Wings Of Armageddon (DC Brau)
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PiaPT: Partridge in a Pear Tree
PnB: Peche n' Brett
PoS: Phenomenology Of Spirit (Hill Farmstead)
PT: Pretty Things brewery
PtE: Pliny the Elder
Pt5: Plead the Fifth
PtY: Pliny the Younger
PVW: used to signify Pappy Van Winkle bourbon barrel aging
PW: Pipeworks brewery
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RR: Russian River brewery
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SA: Samuel Adams brewery (actual brewery name is Boston Beer Company);
SARA: Sante Adairius Rustic Ales brewery
SC: Sexual Chocolate (Foothills)
SdF: Saison du Fermier (Side Project)
SHBRL: Southampton Black Raspberry Lambic
SitR: Sour in the Rye
SNR: Still Nacht Reserva
SP: Side Project, a brewery in St. Louis
S&S#/SS#: Society & Solitude #
St. Lam: shorthand for Cantillon’s “Saint Lamvinus” lambic
Sue: often used as shorthand for Toppling Goliath’s “PseudoSue” pale ale
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T20: Toronado 20th anniversary
T25: Toronado 25th anniversary
TG: Toppling Goliath brewery
TH: Tired Hands brewery
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VDL: a "vanilla" Dark Lord variant, usually Brandy or Bourbon is specified
VF: Victor Francenstein
Vig: shorthand for Cantillon’s “Vigneronne” lambic
VSB: stands for “Very Sour Blackberry” which is a pseudonym for New Glarus’s “R&D Sour Fruit” blackberry wild ale.
VSP: stands for “Very Sour Peach” which is a pseudonym for New Glarus’s “R&D Wild Peach” peach wild ale.
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W12: Westvleteren XII
WA: West Ashley (Sante Adairius Rustic Ales)
WC: White Chocolate
Westy: short for "Westvleteren" brewery, usually referring to Westvleteren XII
WnB: Wake n' Bake Coffee Oatmeal Stout
WP: see VSP
WWB: refers to the “Wild Wild Brett” series of beers from Crooked Stave, often followed by another letter to reference a specific beer (ex: WWBV = Wild Wild Brett Violet)
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ZD: Zombie Dust