home-brew
noun
beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
home-brewed
-
a word derived from
home-brew.
Example Sentences
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As important, our neighbors quickly embraced us, popping over occasionally with gifts of homemade “kulen” sausage or home-brewed plum brandy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
There was a radical traveling nurse who had brought home-brewed kombucha, a college-age activist who didn’t want to be photographed for op-sec reasons, and three white Baby Boomers from local refugee and immigrant aid groups.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2025
Lovers of home-brewed kombucha may actually be familiar with the raw nanocellulose material — it forms as a floating off-white structure called a pellicle.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023
There were still more: biohackers trying to cure cancer, create home-brewed insulin, implant chips under their own skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
Warrant Officer Swart baked bread, made home-brewed ginger beer and assorted other delicacies.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
