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
Kirk JohnsonExamples of brewery in a Sentence
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As part of Sacramento Beer Week, several breweries will also host release parties.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024
Cohen, who lives in St. Paul, converted the brewery’s 168-year-old keg house into 22,000 square feet of commercial space, which opened to heavy fanfare in September 2018 with upwards of two-dozen retailers and food vendors.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2024
New breweries are often an early signal of revitalization in small towns in 21st century America, and Atchison’s been angling for one for a while now.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
Craft Bash will host over 50 local breweries and serve more than 150 different varieties of beers, including experimental beers and collaborations that don't go into widespread distribution and are rarely found outside of a brewery’s taproom.
—The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2024
Beers come from all across the country and each box will include four different award-winning or most-popular beers from a craft brewery.
—Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024
The event includes a hockey game with staff members of San Diego craft breweries at 12:30 p.m., the beer-and-BBQ festival from 2 to 5 p.m., and the San Diego Gulls game with the Coachella Valley Firebirds at 6 p.m. Tickets, which include entry to all three segments of the day, are $65.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
He was met by a small group of longtime brewery employees and other Molson Coors staffers.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
The county Department of Environmental Health conducted a three-month study of 25 catering events at 10 wineries, 13 breweries and two private functions.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024
Cohen, who lives in St. Paul, converted the brewery’s 168-year-old keg house into 22,000 square feet of commercial space, which opened to heavy fanfare in September 2018 with upwards of two-dozen retailers and food vendors.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2024
New breweries are often an early signal of revitalization in small towns in 21st century America, and Atchison’s been angling for one for a while now.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
Craft Bash will host over 50 local breweries and serve more than 150 different varieties of beers, including experimental beers and collaborations that don't go into widespread distribution and are rarely found outside of a brewery’s taproom.
—The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2024
Beers come from all across the country and each box will include four different award-winning or most-popular beers from a craft brewery.
—Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024
The event includes a hockey game with staff members of San Diego craft breweries at 12:30 p.m., the beer-and-BBQ festival from 2 to 5 p.m., and the San Diego Gulls game with the Coachella Valley Firebirds at 6 p.m. Tickets, which include entry to all three segments of the day, are $65.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
He was met by a small group of longtime brewery employees and other Molson Coors staffers.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
The county Department of Environmental Health conducted a three-month study of 25 catering events at 10 wineries, 13 breweries and two private functions.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
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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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