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microbrewery

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: brewery

History

Etymology

From micro- + brewery.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: mikrobryggeri — small commercial brewery
  • Dutch: microbrouwerij — small commercial brewery
  • Finnish: pienpanimo — small commercial brewery
  • French: microbrasserie — small commercial brewery
  • German: Kleinbrauerei — small commercial brewery
  • Hungarian: mikrosörfőzde — small commercial brewery
  • Hungarian: kisüzemi sörfőzde — small commercial brewery
  • Italian: microbirrificio — small commercial brewery
  • Latvian: alus mazdarītava — small commercial brewery
  • Polish: mikrobrowar — small commercial brewery
  • Polish: browar rzemieślniczy — small commercial brewery
  • Spanish: microcervecería — small commercial brewery
  • Swedish: mikrobryggeri — small commercial brewery