Meaning & use
brewpub
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Meaning
nouncountable
A bar or restaurant that brews its own beer on the premises and sells it mainly there.
Grammar: Countable: a brewpub, two brewpubs.
Patterns
- a brewpub that brews something
- at a brewpub
- open a brewpub
We spent the afternoon at a small brewpub near the river.
The brewpub serves six of its own beers along with simple food.
He left his office job to open a brewpub with two friends.
Word forms
| plural | brewpubs |
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Common combinations
- local brewpub
- The local brewpub is packed on Friday nights.
- craft brewpub
- A craft brewpub has opened on the corner of our street.
- open a brewpub
- They plan to open a brewpub in the old station building.
- brewpub beer
- The menu lists several brewpub beers.
Synonyms and how they differ
- microbrewery
- A microbrewery makes small amounts of beer, but it may sell mostly to shops and bars rather than serving customers on site.
- bar
- A bar is any place that serves drinks; it does not make its own beer.
- pub
- A pub is a general British word for a drinking place and usually does not brew beer itself.
Word family
Commonly confused: brewpub or brewery?
brewpub vs brewery
A brewery is a factory that makes beer; a brewpub is a bar that makes and serves beer on the same site.
Practice
Which sentence uses brewpub correctly?
Choose one answer.
A brewpub is a place where beer is brewed and served, so 'had dinner at a brewpub that makes its own beer' fits. A large factory is a brewery, not a brewpub; you cannot buy 'a brewpub' as a product; and growing barley happens on a farm.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “brewpub”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.