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brewing: see beer beer, alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermenting cereals, especially malted barley, usually with the addition of hops as a flavoring agent and stabilizer. One of the oldest of alcoholic beverages (there is archaeological evidence dating to c.3000 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. . brewing [′brü·iŋ] (food engineering) The process of making beer, ale, and other malt beverages by boiling mashed malt to produce a wort, flavoring the wort with hops, fermenting this mixture with yeast, and drawing off the fermented wort for bottling. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He looked abroad on the general dourness of gray earth and gray air and gray sky, and said a storm was brewing. The gray house at Orchard Slope was in a turmoil of baking and brewing and boiling and stewing, for there was to be a big, old-timey wedding. At Blackstable they had always looked upon brewing with civil contempt, the Vicar made little jokes about the beerage, and it was a surprising experience for Philip to discover that Watson was such an important and magnificent fellow. |
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