brewery

American  

[broo-uh-ree, broor-ee] / ˈbru ə ri, ˈbrʊər i /

noun

plural

breweries

1. a building or establishment for brewing brewing beer or other malt liquors, especially the building where the brewing brewing is done.

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brewery British  

/ ˈbrʊərɪ /

noun

1. a place where beer, ale, etc, is brewed

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Etymology

Origin of brewery

First recorded in 1650–60; brew + -ery

Example Sentences

It’s a lively university town with breweries everywhere, bikes zipping past on nearly every street, and the kind of easy smiles and hellos that make Midwest nice feel real.

From Salon

There was a laundry list of renovations needed to make the former sake brewery livable.

From The Wall Street Journal

Brewdog, which was founded by friends James Watt and Martin Dickie in 2007, had breweries and pubs around the globe, including about 60 in the the UK.

From BBC

“Seriously Silly” provides the first substantial account of Jones’s disparate and lesser-known pursuits: co-founding a brewery, writing a collection of children’s stories.

From The Wall Street Journal

Watt says they would sleep only a few hours a night, often on sacks of malt on the brewery floor, and told of the financial hardship they faced.

From BBC