brewery

[broo-uh-ree, broo r-ee]

noun, plural brew·er·ies.

a building or establishment for brewing beer or other malt liquors, especially the building where the brewing is done.

Origin of brewery

First recorded in 1650–60; brew + -ery

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Examples from the Web for brewery

Contemporary Examples of brewery

"A brewpub is entirely different," Pragnell explains as we finish up at the brewery.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama
Jeff Campagna
November 30, 2014
Originally expected to be completed by 2015, the Golden brewery became landfill-free two years earlier than expected.
Nation’s Largest Brewery Goes Landfill-Free
CNBC
July 1, 2013
The largest brewery in the nation, MillerCoors, announced it has succeeded in becoming the first brewery to be landfill-free.
Nation’s Largest Brewery Goes Landfill-Free
CNBC
July 1, 2013
The movement was spearheaded by longtime MillerCoors shop floor technician Kelly Harris, who works at the Trenton, Ohio, brewery.
Nation’s Largest Brewery Goes Landfill-Free
CNBC
July 1, 2013
Jørgen Hoff of Gundestrup Dairy and Brewery makes a specialty beer from the whey of his soft smoked Rygeost cheese.
Denmark’s New Nordic Cuisine Beyond Noma
Sophie Menin
May 22, 2012

Historical Examples of brewery

This system is carried out at the Maxéville brewery, near Nancy.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884
Various
I am so glad that you got out of that brewery business all right.
The Stark Munro Letters
J. Stark Munro
And I have two friends, one in the brewery, one in the bank.
The Forbidden Trail
Honor Willsie
Tom's brewery had not paid him so well as old Cloudesly's apples.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453
Various
Morgan's foundry and Orth's brewery were just on the other side of us.
Old Rail Fence Corners
Various

British Dictionary definitions for brewery

brewery

noun plural -eries

a place where beer, ale, etc, is brewed

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Word Origin and History for brewery

1650s (but perhaps from c.1200 as a surname element), from brew (v.) + -ery. Old English had breawern in this sense (from aern "house;" see barn), and brewhouse was the more common word through 18c.