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brewmaster

American  
[broo-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈbruˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

noun

  1. the supervisor of the brewing processes in a brewery.


Etymology

Origin of brewmaster

brew + master

Example Sentences

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When they started BERO, Holland and Herman tapped as brewmaster Grant Wood, a past Boston Beer executive who went on to found Revolver Brewing, now part of Tilray Brands.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

He is brewmaster at the Maine-based Allagash Brewing Company, which crafts Belgian-based beers, and like all brewmasters Perkins relies on a range of crops.

From Salon Jan. 16, 2025

Eric Bachli, a former brewmaster at Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn, collaborated with Max Nevins, also of Sixpoint Brewery, and Marissa Reiser, a sommelier, to create the aperitif.

From New York Times Jan. 10, 2022

Kevin Ricks, the Klickitat utility’s renewable energy assets manager, talks about the biological processes unfolding here like a brewmaster fussing over the yeast needed to make beer.

From Seattle Times Mar. 4, 2021

He has a cousin who is brewmaster of the largest brewery in Zanesville, Ohio.

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

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