home-brew

[hohm-broo]

noun

beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.

Origin of home-brew

First recorded in 1850–55

Related formshome-brewed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for home-brew

Contemporary Examples of home-brew

And then there was the “news” that Obama had become the first president to use the White House to home-brew his own beer.
Will Obama’s Campaign-Trail Bar Crawl Leave Mitt Romney Staggering?
David Freedlander
September 12, 2012

Historical Examples of home-brew

"I wonder what brand of home-brew made him think of that," said Linda.
Her Father's Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter
With us in Scotland it was good oatcakes and home-brew––and the air.
The Eye of Dread
Payne Erskine
But he failed to say whether it would be in the river or in home-brew.
Polly and Her Friends Abroad
Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Bubble Bugs blow their froth only when immature, and their bodies are a distillery or home-brew of sorts.
Edge of the Jungle
William Beebe
Some of the young sports laughingly insisted that Dinty's home-brew was in a fair way of making the city famous.
David Lannarck, Midget
George S. Harney

British Dictionary definitions for home-brew

home-brew

noun

a beer or other alcoholic drink brewed at home rather than commercially

Canadian informal a professional football player who was born in Canada and is not an import

Derived Formshome-brewed, adjective

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