plural breweries
: a place where beer is produced
Cape Cod Beer owner and brewer Todd Marcus expects the brewery expansion to be completed by early April, allowing him to keep up with the flagship brews, as well as seasonal offerings.—
Jen Harmon
Jen HarmonBreweries from Brooklyn to Norwalk, Conn., are putting in more and bigger brewing vats, plotting new lagers, ales and stouts.—Kirk Johnson
see also microbrewery
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The system sits inside Almanac’s brewery in Alameda, California.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Similar to Richards and the brewery, customers have traveled from neighboring states to try the new margaritas, adding traffic to the restaurant’s busy season, Lozano said.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Adelson says Colorado has lost hundreds of breweries, wineries and distilleries over the last five years and the bill would cause more to close.
—Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
One of the owners of the brewery, which opened in 2021, collects rare and vintage cars, and so those who came for Biss’ gathering were greeted by, among others, a green 1969 Volkswagen Beetle and a 1981 AMC DeLorean, of Back to the Future fame.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Similar to Richards and the brewery, customers have traveled from neighboring states to try the new margaritas, adding traffic to the restaurant’s busy season, Lozano said.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Adelson says Colorado has lost hundreds of breweries, wineries and distilleries over the last five years and the bill would cause more to close.
—Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
One of the owners of the brewery, which opened in 2021, collects rare and vintage cars, and so those who came for Biss’ gathering were greeted by, among others, a green 1969 Volkswagen Beetle and a 1981 AMC DeLorean, of Back to the Future fame.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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brewery
noun
brew·ery
ˈbrü-ə-rē 
ˈbru̇(-ə)r-ē
plural breweries
: a plant where malt liquors are brewed
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