microbrew

English

Etymology

micro- + brew

Noun

microbrew (plural microbrews)

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

Verb

microbrew (third-person singular simple present microbrews, present participle microbrewing, simple past and past participle microbrewed)

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