How do you use the word "brew" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "brew": The local brew is excellent. When you travel, you've got to try the local brew.

Brew Meaning

/bɹuː/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.

verbTo heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.

Sentence Examples

The local brew is excellent.

When you travel, you've got to try the local brew.

CEFR Practice Quiz

I will ____ a fresh pot of coffee to start my morning.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

How long should I ____ the tea leaves before I pour the drink today?.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn. Cognate with Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Elderly people sat indoors, in the damp. shabby houses, brewing malt coffee or weak tea and talking without animation […]" — 1935, Christopher Isherwood, chapter 11, in Mr Norris Changes Trains, Penguin, published 1942, page 113:

"Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely." — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:

"Hence with thy brew’d inchantments, foul deceiver […]" — 1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, page 106:

"I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat and drink […]" — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

"There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest," — c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

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