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brewhouse

brewhouse

1 4.6
A building where people make beer
  • noun
  • /ˈbruːhaʊs/
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  • He's using a 15-barrel steam-fired Premier Stainless brewhouse and four 30-barrel fermenters.

Examples

  • He co-owns Fitger's Brewhouse, as well as Burrito Union.

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  • Decker's playing at the, um... the Brewhouse.

  • Pale Ale from Brady's Brewhouse of New Richmond, Wisconsin.

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  • Brewmaster Brian O'Reilly said of the expansion, "Our new building and brewhouse, which have turned out to be everything we expected and more, made this possible."

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  • With the recently installed fermentors and bright tanks in place, the only thing that was missing from the main brewhouse was their 15-barrel brew system.

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  • The local brewhouse produces a variety of craft beers that attract many visitors.

  • After the tour, we sampled different beers made at the brewhouse down the street.

  • In the charming brewhouse, they offer tastings of their seasonal ales and lagers.

Synonyms

brewery
vsbrewhouse
102 3.0

A place where beer is made to sell

is a general building for making beer rather than commercial production
microbrewery
vsbrewhouse
5 5.7

A small place that makes beer in small batches for sale

is a building or room for beer production without small scale focus
brewpub
vsbrewhouse
3 6.1

A restaurant that brews its own beer and serves food

is only a building or room for making beer rather than for dining

How Big

brewery
102 3.0
brewhouse
1 4.6
brewpub
3 6.1

Surface Forms

brewhouse singular
brewhouses plural

Morphology

brewhouse = brew + house (transparent) = brew + house

The meaning is directly the combination of 'brew' (beer-making) + 'house' (building), yielding a building where beer is brewed.

Etymology

Brewhouse is simply brew + house, where brew means 'to make beer' and house means a building. So a brewhouse is a building where beer is made, which helps explain why people visit to see the brewing process.