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• present participle of brew.

brewing

American  

[broo-ing] / ˈbru ɪŋ /

noun

brewings plural

1. the act of a person who brews.

2. the process of being brewed.

3. the occupation or business of producing beer, ale, etc.

4. a quantity or batch brewed in a single process or at one time.

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brewing British  

/ ˈbruːɪŋ /

noun

1. a quantity of a beverage brewed at one time

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• brewings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brewing

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at brew, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Back in Burton, Al Wall and Emma Cole, brewery manager at Burton Bridge and Heritage Brewing Company, hope to preserve their history and be a "bastion of independence".

From BBC • May 25, 2026

He worked for a time in urban planning at Joseph Schlitz Brewing, but grew tired working in an office for a big corporation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Scrawled in chalk in the list of draft beers was the Edmund Fitzgerald porter, a longtime brew from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

Madees Khoury, the general manager of Taybeh Brewing Co., is one of those who choose to stay in town, though she knows at least one family gearing up to emigrate in the coming weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Brewing high thunderheads, he churned the deep with both hands on his trident—called up wind from every quarter, and sent a wall of rain to blot out land and sea in torrential night.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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