brewery

American  

[broo-uh-ree, broor-ee] / ˈbru ə ri, ˈbrʊər i /

noun

breweries plural

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

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brewery British  

/ ˈbrʊərɪ /

noun

1. a place where beer, ale, etc, is brewed

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• breweries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brewery

First recorded in 1650–60; brew + -ery

Example Sentences

Established by his family in 1758, Smith had run the Samuel Smith Old Brewery since the 1980s.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

At Raman’s election-night party at Boomtown Brewery on the outskirts of Little Tokyo, I saw why her chances of becoming L.A.’s next mayor were slim from the start.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Boonrawd Brewery said in a statement last week that elder brother Sunit had been sacked and the firm would cooperate with any investigations by authorities.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Calagione, who co-founded Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware, said she never wanted to be in the middle of the line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

The interest of Elizabeth Knipe’s life, however, begins for us when very shortly after this she became the wife of John Cobbold, of the Cliff Brewery, Ipswich.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard