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brew - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling |
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brewage |
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alcohol,
alcoholic beverage,
alcoholic drink,
inebriant,
intoxicant a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
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beer a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
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kvass fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley
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mead made of fermented honey and water
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cassiri a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice
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spruce beer a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)
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| Verb |
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brew - prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years" |
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ferment,
sour,
turn,
work cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"
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create from raw material,
create from raw stuff make from scratch
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brew - sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing" |
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imbue,
soak suffuse with color
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