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Alcohol Glossary

Brewing

Production and ingredients

Summary: Brewing is the sequence of mashing malted grain, boiling the resulting wort with hops, cooling it, adding yeast and fermenting its sugars.

Reference: Case Study: Brewery (opens in a new tab)

University of Bristol · Reference checked 21 July 2026

Where to look: Body paragraph beginning Brewing is pretty much the traditional definition

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