microbrew

microbrew

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
English brew
English microbrew

    From 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[1]:
        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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