to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.

to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water.

to concoct, mix, or cook (a beverage or food, esp. one containing unmeasured or unusual ingredients)

She brewed a pot of soup from the leftovers.

to contrive, plan, or bring about

to brew mischief.

to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.

to boil, steep, soak, or cook

Wait until the tea brews.

a quantity brewed in a single process.

a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor.

a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, esp. tea or coffee.

any concoction, esp. a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients

a witches' brew.

Informal .

beer or ale.

an individual serving of beer or ale

Let's have a few brews after the game.

be brewing

to be forming or gathering; be in preparation

Trouble was brewing.

noun

beverage , blend , broth , compound , distillation , drink , fermentation , hash , hodgepodge * , infusion , instillation , liquor , melange , miscellany , mishmash * , mixture , potpourri , preparation , brewing , concoction , decoction , mash , pulp , zymurgy

verb

boil , concoct , cook , ferment , infuse , mull , seethe , soak , steep , stew , breed , compound , contrive , develop , excite , foment , form , gather , hatch , impend , loom , plot , project , scheme , start , stir up , weave , hang over , lower , menace , overhang , ale , beer , beverage , blend , decoct , devise , distill , grog , liquor , make , miscellany , mix , potation , pour , prepare , suds