microbrew

[ mahy-kroh-broo ]

noun

1. beer brewed in a microbrewery:

   This little bohemian pub has a good selection of microbrews on tap, as well as the world’s best burgers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of microbrew¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

In a town where people once enjoyed flights of microbrew and Dungeness crab sandwiches after days paddle boarding in the lake, Mr. Beltran’s half-priced menu of nachos and burgers now represented the beginning and end of Tahoe’s culinary scene.

From New York Times

“What was I thinking?” the attractive but beleaguered twenty-something career-seeker with an English degree sighs, staring into his or her microbrew.

From Los Angeles Times

And while he wants to keep the town looking much the same with a historical feel, “my vision,” Sellers says, “is to open up every business still standing. If someone had a little money, the buildings could be a bakery, a microbrew, anything.”

From Seattle Times

The night after his party’s leadership passed a formal resolution promoting the false flag theory, Mr. Buehler cracked open a local microbrew and filed to change his registration from Republican to independent.

From New York Times

Mulder’s company, WeCan Brewing Systems, supplied custom-built microbrew systems, keg washers and other industrial brewing products to brewers around the U.S.

From Seattle Times