misbrew

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verb

To brew incorrectly.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbmisbrew (third-person singular simple present misbrews, present participle misbrewing, simple past and past participle misbrewed)

present singular third person misbrews · participle present misbrewing · participle past misbrewed · past misbrewed

  1. To brew incorrectly.

    “Finally misbrew a potion?” Nan chuckled.

    2019, Matthew S. Cox, Emma and the Elixir of Madness
    2 more examples

    For this reason, green tea is frequently misbrewed, misunderstood, and thus not the tea of choice that it might otherwise be.

    2014, Babette Donaldson, The Everything Healthy Tea Book

    That winter led, naturally, to the Olde GnarlyWine release, which the following year was accidentally-on-purpose misbrewed into Brown Shugga' when a flock of one-pound C&H brown sugar boxes found their way into the kettle following my incorect specification of the malt bill.

    2014, Tony Magee, So You Want to Start a Brewery?: The Lagunitas Story, page 90

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“misbrew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misbrew. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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