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to homebrew

to homebrew

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To make beer or other alcoholic drinks at home
  • verb
  • /ˈhoʊmbruː/
translation icon : hacer cerveza
  • There you can find a listing of all the events taking place today in conjunction with Learn How to Homebrew Day, what you need to get started brewing your first batch of beer, and even how to connect with fellow homebrewers in your area.

Examples

  • Last weekend, my father decided to homebrew a new type of lager using his favorite ingredients.

  • Brian began homebrewing several years ago and is living out every homebrewer's dream as he begins work on his own brick-and-mortar brewery, Three Taverns.

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  • Never homebrew when you've had a few beers already, kids.

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  • My best friend and I homebrewed a nice Bock-style beer; it was delicious.

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  • "You can have sugar, you can have malt, you have barley, you can have hops, you can have tubing, copper, and everything else, but if you put it all together in a store and market it like it's going to be homebrewing stuff and have a book about how to do it, it's a problem," he said.

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  • Every Friday, my friends and I homebrew different recipes to see which one tastes best.

  • She loves to homebrew beer, experimenting with various hops and grains in her kitchen.

Antonyms

1.0

To get something by paying money

Surface Forms

homebrew infinitive
homebrewed past
homebrewed past participle
homebrewing present participle
homebrews third person singular

Etymology

Homebrew comes from home ('made at home') plus brew ('to make a drink'), so it literally means 'to make a drink at home'. That is why to homebrew is to make beer or other alcoholic drinks yourself instead of buying them.