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brewpub

brewpub

3 6.1
A restaurant that brews its own beer and serves food
  • noun
  • /ˈbruːˌpʌb/
translation icon : brewpub
  • Every Friday, the brewpub hosts live music events to entertain guests while they sample their homemade ales.
  • brewpub beers
  • brewpubs and microbreweries
  • brewpub and restaurant

Examples

  • Unveiled at the Taste, a limited supply should start to appear at the brewpubs this week.

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  • Portland and Denver have many more brewpubs than we do, but they also suffer severely from a lack of variety.

    Blog text (32)
  • To begin with, they were $30,000 short, and there was just too much to do for a couple of people to run a whole brewpub.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Boylan Bridge Brewpub has started offering cask-conditioned versions of their beers from time to time.

    Blog text (19)
  • After spending a few years in Portland, where brewpubs live on almost every block, Scott Young decided Virginia needed a beer tune-up.

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  • Though there are places like the Lucky Lab brewpub, which has a large patio seating area with a roof and plenty of tables, aimed at dog owners.

    Blog text (29)
  • All she needed to start her brewpub, she said, was another $30,000 in capital to add to her own hoard, and mental capital in the form of a brewmaster.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The year-round offerings will be sent from the Greensboro Brewpub, while Morris will brew five seasonal offerings.

    Blog text (19)
  • The brewpub offers a unique menu featuring dishes paired with the craft beers brewed on-site.

  • After a long day, we enjoyed a meal at the local brewpub, where they served delicious food along with their freshly brewed beer.

How Big

brewery
102 3.0
brewpub
3 6.1
microbrewery
5 5.7

Surface Forms

brewpub singular
brewpubs plural

Morphology

brewpub = brew + pub (transparent) = brew + pub

A straightforward compound: a pub that brews its own beer, directly derivable from 'brew' + 'pub'.

Etymology

Brewpub combines brew ('to make beer or tea') and pub ('public house', a place to eat and drink). So a brewpub is a pub that brews its own beer on site and also serves food.