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brewing Definition

brew·ing (bro̵̅o̅)

noun

  1. the preparation of a brew
  2. 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.

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