brew
verb (used with object)
to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.
had brewed
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past perfectof brew.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Judges were unmoved that Luitpold’s forebears had brewed in the region since 1260, written the purity law and invented Oktoberfest for his great-great-grandfather King Ludwig I’s 1810 wedding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
In some recorded cases of fatalities in Japan and South Korea, people had brewed tea from poison fire coral after confusing it with an edible fungus used in traditional medicine.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2019
A debate over whether to charge Buck locally or federally had brewed in recent days, the source said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2019
Across the land, you could hear the cries of disappointment as the entire collection was snapped up before most of America had brewed its Sunday morning coffee.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2012
Traditionally, English workers had brewed their own beer, which they drank along with bread, their other major source of food.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
