home brew

noun

Definition of home brewnext
as in malt liquor

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Recent Examples of home brew Come for the home brew, stay for the honky-tonk. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 19 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for home brew
  1. malt liquor
  2. beer
  3. brew
  4. ale
  5. mixed drink
  6. cocktail
  7. wine
  8. mum
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
  • Next, in comes Hegseth (Colin Jost), chugging a non-alcoholic beer.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
  • At the void deck was a group of old men gathered around a stone table, bottles of beer open before them.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of beer
Noun
  • An interactive brew bar will pair Kiehl’s skin care ingredients with customers’ moods and skin concerns.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Thus, the drinker of the ayahuasca brew can experience its psychoactive effects.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of brew
Noun
  • Icy cold glasses of Tell the Truth, a light and lemony ale, sat before them on a high-top table beside a stenographer’s notebook and a laptop.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The next round was on the latecomer; a wild ale by the name of Arietta, from Fox Farm Brewery, floral and largely flat, had a pleasing barnyard funk.
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of ale
Noun
  • The woman's son told police that Merriweather forced pills from the victim's medicine into her mouth, followed by dumping a mixed drink down her throat.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The indulgent, playful, and dessert-like mixed drink, which features crème de menthe, crème de cacao, heavy whipping cream, and brandy, came in second place at the event.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 27 July 2026
Definition of mixed drink
Noun
  • Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Guests lingered over cocktails, lauding Ghesquière’s formidable creative prowess, personal warmth and loyalty.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of cocktail
Noun
  • The wine pairings spotlight mostly natural bottles and are particularly good.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Inside are 25-foot ceilings, marble and wood floors, expansive windows, a wine room, full bar, movie theater, billiards room, and two offices.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of wine
Noun
  • Some of my earliest memories are walking down the aerobridge with mum and getting to visit the flight deck.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • These boys and girls love fashion for things that are beautiful, but worn in a way that is from their mum’s wardrobe.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of mum

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“Home brew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20brew. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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