Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
home-brew [hohm-broo] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
Origin of home-brew First recorded in 1850–55 Related formshome-brewed, adjective Examples from the Web for home-brew Contemporary Examples of home-brew
And then there was the “news” that Obama had become the first president to use the White House to home-brew his own beer.
Will Obama’s Campaign-Trail Bar Crawl Leave Mitt Romney Staggering?
David Freedlander
September 12, 2012
Historical Examples of home-brew
“I wonder what brand of home-brew made him think of that,” said Linda.
Gene Stratton-Porter
With us in Scotland it was good oatcakes and home-brew––and the air.
Payne Erskine
But he failed to say whether it would be in the river or in home-brew.
Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Bubble Bugs blow their froth only when immature, and their bodies are a distillery or home-brew of sorts.
William Beebe
Some of the young sports laughingly insisted that Dinty’s home-brew was in a fair way of making the city famous.
George S. Harney
British Dictionary definitions for home-brew home-brew noun
- a beer or other alcoholic drink brewed at home rather than commercially
- Canadian informal a professional football player who was born in Canada and is not an import
Derived Formshome-brewed, adjective