microbrew

A beer produced by a small local brewery, or microbrewery.

Noun

  1. A beer produced by a small local brewery, or microbrewery.
    • Weeks later at a staff campout, he arrived with his guitar, harmonica and some interesting microbrews. - 2009 January 18, Lois Smith Brady, “Beth Leachman and Josh Gadbaw”, in New York Times:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English brew English microbrew From micro- + brew.

Forms

microbrews

Verb

  1. To produce beer on a small scale, as a microbrewer.

Forms

microbrews microbrewing microbrewed