microbrew

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor.

English micro-

English brew

English microbrew

From micro- + brew.

Noun

microbrew (plural microbrews)

1. A beer produced by a small local brewery, or microbrewery.
   • 2009 January 18, Lois Smith Brady, “Beth Leachman and Josh Gadbaw”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     Weeks later at a staff campout, he arrived with his guitar, harmonica and some interesting microbrews.

Verb

microbrew (third-person singular simple present microbrews, present participle microbrewing, simple past and past participle microbrewed)

1. To produce beer on a small scale, as a microbrewer.