brewing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of brew

plural brewings

1. countableuncountableThe production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.
2. countableuncountableThe business or occupation of a brewer.
3. countableuncountableThe quantity of a brew made in a single batch.

   The four last brewings, in which the quantity of yeast added was smaller than in the six first, took place during the month of May, when the heat is apt to make the fermentation run to excess.

   1824, Encyclopaedia Britannica

4. countableuncountableThe forming of a storm or the gathering of clouds.