brewage

American  

[broo-ij] / ˈbru ɪdʒ /

noun

1. a fermented liquor brewed from malt.

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brewage British  

/ ˈbruːɪdʒ /

noun

1. a product of brewing; brew

2. the process of brewing

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Etymology

Origin of brewage

1535–45; brew + -age; modeled on beverage

Example Sentences

The "milk," as he termed it, was a strong brewage of Spanish wine, singularly luxurious and palatable.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

My Brother-in-law, who manufactured it, deserves for such vapid cookery to be named before you without reserve, as the malt-master of this washy brewage.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

Examples of words formed in imitation of these in English itself are blockade, orangeade. -age, ending of abstract nouns, as homage; marks place where, as vicarage;—of English formation, bondage, brewage, parsonage.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

He will hold the realm in peace; but he, too, will fall sick before his time, and die, by reason of the brewage of his friends.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene

Make the brewage sure, quick, decisive; there must be no mistake about it.

From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard