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1. The production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast

1. Prepare by brewing
   "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
    
2. Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavour
   "the tea is brewing";
   - mash [UK, dialect]

Derived forms: brewings

Type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff, imbue, production, soak

Encyclopedia: Brewing