misbrew

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ brew.

Verb

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

1. To brew incorrectly.
   • 2014, Babette Donaldson, The Everything Healthy Tea Book:

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

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

     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.

   • 2019, Matthew S. Cox, Emma and the Elixir of Madness:

     “Finally misbrew a potion?” Nan chuckled.

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• imbrews