microbrewern.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌbruːə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌbruər/ Chiefly North American.
= microbrewery n. Also: a person who runs a microbrewery.
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1983 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Mar. 1/4 Microbrewers say that their products appeal to sophisticated beer drinkers.
1987 New Eng. Monthly June 34/1 Bill Newman, the East's first microbrewer and a native Bostonian.
1990 D. Mabey et al. Thorsons Organic Consumer Guide ii. viii. 126 As yet, only one ‘micro-brewer’ is using organic barley.
1999 J. Preece Good Beer Guide 1999 6/1 The microbrewer's contribution, important as it is as a result of the diversity it has brought, is a minute 1.5 to 2 percent of the market.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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