[f. BREW v.] The action, process, or result, of brewing; the beverage, etc., brewed; sometimes used locally for ‘yeast.’
c. 1510. Ch.-Wardens’ Acc. St. Dunstan’s Canterb., For a quarton of Brew jd. ob.
1627. Bacon, Sylva, § 47 (1628), (J.). Triall would be made of the like Brew with potato Roots … which are nourishing Meats.
1742. Young, Nt. Th., ix. 621. The brew of thunders.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., II. viii. 90. Our brew of beer … turns out excellent.
1859. J. Lang, Wand. India, 338. Give us a little drop more of that last brew.
