brewing
brewing
Definition
brew·ing (bro̵̅o̅′iŋ)
noun
- the preparation of a brew
- the amount of a brew made at one time
brewing
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- ale: Among them the brewing of ale in the brew house.
- beer: In vain, Henry VIII tried to stop the brewing of beer through heavy taxation.
Converse of object
- bake: The herring industry used large quantities of fuel, as did baking, brewing and simply keeping warm.
- continue: A consortium was planned to buy the plant from Whitbread and continue brewing there.
- start: They have also started trial brewing at their own Old Bog Brewery.
- feel: Beside, Blue could feel an itch brewing on his rump which he would never be able to reach.
- see: You can see the controversy brewing in rock from the time it began.
Adjective modifier
- traditional: This is the main purpose of malting in traditional beer brewing.
Modifies a noun
- beer: She has survived by brewing beer for the village for the past 12 years.
- yeast: She began her career as a research scientist, studying the genetics and genome of brewing yeast and then plant-pathogen interactions.
- ale: Begin main content: History of brewing Ale was the first beer to be brewed in Great Britain.
- industry: The group began their business to serve the local brewing industry.
- giant: In the late 1960s Fremlins was itself taken over by the brewing giant Whitbread.
- copper: The project involved dry goods handling, mash tuns, brewing coppers and interconnection into the existing whirlpools, together with electrical process control.
Noun used with modifier
- storm: Florida: Is there a storm brewing for holidaymakers next season?
- trouble: Trouble brewing for the Sidmouth folk festival - extracts from an article in the Sidmouth Herald of 17 August 2001.
- beer: A place he points out that was once the biggest beer brewing center in Europe.
- coffee: External safety check, haul the bags up to the forward door and get some coffee brewing.
- row: Related News Stories: Wed 15th Dec 2004: Row brewing over new waste plant go-ahead.
- revolution: Over the past two decades there has been a quiet revolution brewing.
