Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who brews; specifically, one whose occupation is the preparation of malt liquors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
brews , or whoseoccupation is to preparemalt liquors .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
- noun the owner or manager of a brewery
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Examples
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She called a brewer in California who had made a similarly effervescent beer she'd tasted and asked for his process.
Secrets of a Blue-Ribbon Brewmaster Nancy Keates 2011
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The brewer is flourishing while the industry, hurt by high unemployment among its core customers, is down in volume by about 2% this year.
After 181 Years, Local Beer Stops Playing Hard to Get David Kesmodel 2010
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Mr. Brodman said the brewer is increasing its annual expenditure on domestic marketing so that it will emerge from the local economic downturn ahead of the competition.
Posh Beer Flows in U.S. Sean Carney 2010
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The brewer is getting more aggressive in its advertising.
After 181 Years, Local Beer Stops Playing Hard to Get David Kesmodel 2010
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I don't think any Long Island brewer is likely to listen to me since few people are inclined to mess with success -- and pumpkin ale is a success.
Long Island Beers 2008
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A-B InBev agreed this year to sell a 20% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao Brewery Co. for $667 million to Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd.
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Already this year, the company has sold a 20% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao Brewery Co. for $667 million and its Labatt business in the U.S.
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AB InBev agreed this year to sell a 20% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao Brewery Co. for $667 million to Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd.
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It's already sold its 20% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao to Asahi for $667 million and is also likely to sell the U.S. theme parks business it inherited last year.
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InBev prefers a calculation that doesn't include Anheuser's 50% stake in Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo SA or its 27% stake in Chinese brewer Tsingtao.
Anheuser to Slash 1,000 Jobs, Raise Prices David Kesmodel 2008
johnmperry commented on the word brewer
also E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 et seq.
Thus: according to Brewer
July 19, 2008