HOME BREW Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

home brew

noun

Definition of home brew

as in malt liquor

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Recent Examples of home brew Grains and Taps also offers home brew classes and hosts beer-making demonstrations. — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026 Coffee connoisseurs will already know that this design will take their home brew to a whole new level (or nine). — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025 Don’t let your homemade soda sit at room temperature too long if trying the home brew method. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2025 His mother was left to support the family, in part by selling home brews of two potent alcoholic beverages, chang’aa and busaa. — Alex Williams, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for home brew

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Noun

Major parts of Kansas City can say goodbye to the sale of mini liquor bottles and single-serve containers of beer and malt liquor.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
And since White Claw and many others are made with malt liquor, the stricter regulations on spirits don’t apply.

— Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025

Definition of malt liquor

Noun

The drink menu is intentionally simply priced — every cocktail and glass of wine are $13, and all nine beer selections are $6-$7.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Once the two families bond (sort of), Homer (Dan Castellaneta) and Peter obviously end up at each other’s throats in a dispute over beer.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

Definition of beer

Noun

In a review of the latest research, the American Heart Association found multiple cups of your morning brew won't have negative health impacts on your heart.

— Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Urban runoff filled with a noxious brew of fertilizers, stormwater and sewage has flowed into the Seminole County lake from as far as Orlando, Winter Park and Altamonte Springs for decades.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of brew

Noun

Illinois lawmakers passed legislation during the pandemic that allowed restaurants and bars to sell cocktails and mixed drinks for pickup or delivery as businesses were closed to in-person customers.

— Ben Szalinski, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Along with the Pride Month cocktails, Tipsy Putt offers a menu of local beers, mixed drinks, and bar eats like tacos and wings.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026

Definition of mixed drink

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This includes accommodation and meals, all soft and alcoholic drinks (excluding French champagne) including cellar collection wines, cocktails and single-malt whiskeys, laundry service, lodge activities, massage and spa treatments.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026
The evening will feature gourmet small plates, wine and cocktails, live entertainment and raffle prizes.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 July 2026

Definition of cocktail

Noun

Before every game, Xavi calls his mum and listens to the theme song from Nolan’s 2014 Oscar-winning film Interstellar, which was composed by Hans Zimmer.

— Jay Harris, New York Times, 22 July 2026
As for who’s returning in season 2, Reilly and Hauser are keeping mum.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

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