gruit beer
- noun
- /ˈɡruːɪt bɪr/
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cerveza gruit
- The brewery introduced a new gruit beer featuring a blend of rosemary and yarrow.
Examples
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Unlike most modern ales, gruit beer does not contain any hops.
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He prefers the earthy flavors of gruit beer over more bitter varieties.
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I enjoyed a refreshing gruit beer last night.
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Have you ever tasted gruit beer?
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The brewery introduced a new gruit beer featuring a blend of rosemary and yarrow.
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He prefers the earthy flavors of gruit beer over more bitter varieties.
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Unlike most modern ales, gruit beer does not contain any hops.
Synonyms
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A drink made from grains and hops that contains alcohol
A beer brewed with a mix of herbs and spices instead of hops
How Herbal
Surface Forms
Morphology
gruit + beer
The phrase is a simple noun–noun composition where the modifier names the kind of beer: 'gruit' (a herbal mixture) + 'beer' => beer brewed with gruit. If a learner knows the meaning of 'gruit' and 'beer', the overall meaning is directly derivable and follows a common cross-linguistic pattern for naming beverage types, though 'gruit' itself is historically rare.
Etymology
Gruit beer comes from an old herb mix called gruit that brewers used in the Middle Ages instead of hops. Imagine a brewer stirring a mix of fragrant herbs into a big vat to give a spicy, earthy taste; that's the memory hook, so today gruit beer means beer made with herbs rather than hops.