brewery

[ broo-uh-ree, broor-ee ]

/ ˈbru ə ri, ˈbrʊər i /

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noun, plural brew·er·ies.

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

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Origin of brewery

First recorded in 1650–60; brew + -ery

Words nearby brewery

brewage, Brewer's blackbird, brewer's grain, Brewer's mole, brewer's yeast, brewery, brewhouse, brewing, brewis, brewmaster, brewpub

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How to use brewery in a sentence

They jumped right into questioning what caused them to be matched for Date Lab and discovered a mutual love of beer and breweries, but they diverged from there, beginning with their musical tastes.
Date Lab: Mariah Carey. Alligators. Urology. Is this any way to start a romance?|Damona Hoffman|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
“We’re not a politically inclined brewery,” one of the owners told me.
For locals, this inauguration was like none they’ve ever experienced|John Kelly|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
In 2021, expect more craft breweries and celebrities to offer their own interpretations of these dry, low-alcohol drinks.
8 ways wine will change in 2021|Rachel King|December 28, 2020|Fortune
The restaurants, breweries, ski areas, retail shops, and downtowns are open.
Yes, You Can Adventure in Vermont This Winter|Outside Editors|November 25, 2020|Outside Online

It’ll be a whole new industry just like we have liquor stores, and we have breweries and we have beverage warehousing.
New Jersey set to become biggest East Coast state to legalize pot|Rachel Schallom|October 29, 2020|Fortune
"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|DAILY BEAST
Will that all change with the rise of a new craft beer brewery?
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The most famous brewery for this style is Cantillon, the last and lone brewery operating solely within Brussels.
Wine Snobs, There’s a Beer for You|Jordan Salcito|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I ask Thierry if his fellow Parisians are really ready for the idea of a hip, urban craft brewery.
Look Out! There’s a Craft-Beer Revolution Taking Over France|Jeff Campagna|December 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And this community had really adopted us, and we were working in an actual brewery.
Olivia Wilde on ‘Drinking Buddies,’ Skinny-Dipping, Booze, and More|Marlow Stern|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Though without large manufacturing industries, the town has joinery works, a brass and iron foundry, a tannery and brewery.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
I never owned a penny in that Fraserville brewery, for instance; but I've been pointed out as its owner.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
The whole was washed down with excellent ale, obtained from the best brewery in Edinburgh.
The Underground City|Jules Verne
Of the foreign population Germans predominate, probably because of the brewery industry of the American white population.
Negro Migration during the War|Emmett J. Scott
Ordered forty kegs from the brewery and hired a fancy mixer to sling together mild snorts, as he called them, for the ladies.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son|George Horace Lorimer

British Dictionary definitions for brewery

brewery

/ (ˈbrʊərɪ) /

noun plural -eries

a place where beer, ale, etc, is brewed

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