plural breweries
: a place where beer is produced
Cape Cod Beer owner and brewer Todd Marcus expects the brewery expansion to be completed by early April, allowing him to keep up with the flagship brews, as well as seasonal offerings.—
Jen Harmon
Jen HarmonBreweries from Brooklyn to Norwalk, Conn., are putting in more and bigger brewing vats, plotting new lagers, ales and stouts.—Kirk Johnson
see also microbrewery
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Built in the late nineteen-twenties, the park sits on more than eight acres at the foot of the hill where Carlsberg ran its original brewery, and is ringed by apartment blocks, schools, and churches.
—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The events include traditional canvassing and phone-banking training, as well as happy hours at breweries and poster-making before No Kings protests.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026
Another vintage trolley car — the 1050 U2 — is set to be given to the local Karl Strauss brewery, which makes a Red Trolley Ale, for an upcoming location in Santee.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
Pepsi and brewery company Diageo have withdrawn their sponsorship of the UK’s 2026 Wireless Festival after it was announced that Kanye West would headline the three-day event.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
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Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The events include traditional canvassing and phone-banking training, as well as happy hours at breweries and poster-making before No Kings protests.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026
Another vintage trolley car — the 1050 U2 — is set to be given to the local Karl Strauss brewery, which makes a Red Trolley Ale, for an upcoming location in Santee.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
Pepsi and brewery company Diageo have withdrawn their sponsorship of the UK’s 2026 Wireless Festival after it was announced that Kanye West would headline the three-day event.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Brewery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brewery. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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brewery
noun
brew·ery
ˈbrü-ə-rē 
ˈbru̇(-ə)r-ē
plural breweries
: a plant where malt liquors are brewed
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