microbrew

American  

[mahy-kroh-broo] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌbru /

noun

1. beer brewed in a microbrewery.

   This little bohemian pub has a good selection of microbrews on tap, as well as the world’s best burgers.

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Etymology

Origin of microbrew

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

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microbrew

It’s also impossible to forget the film’s real purpose: to establish the Budweiser process as a craft, with the final results as worthy of enjoyment as a microbrew.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2019

When Calvin praises a microbrew for its “cool packaging” or suggests to his devastated friend that he might consider a law-enforcement career, as a way to turn “grief into something positive,” the tone is sincere.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019

Family-wage jobs are scarce, although the town’s thriving microbrew and other new-age enterprises have launched a helpful cycle of increased influx, more tourist dollars, more regional notice and more visitors.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2017

Matt Brynildson, who joined Goose Island in the mid-’90s and has been head brewer at Firestone Walker since 2001, says he thinks the antipathy toward Pilseners began in the early days of the microbrew movement.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2017

As she spoke, music drifted up from the eucalyptus-lined courtyard beneath her window, where hundreds of YouTube employees were drinking microbrew ale and eating sliders at their weekly Friday afternoon social.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2014