home-brew

[ hohm-broo ]

/ ˈhoʊmˈbru /

beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.

Origin of home-brew

First recorded in 1850–55

home-brewed, adjective

Bubble Bugs blow their froth only when immature, and their bodies are a distillery or home-brew of sorts.

Edge of the Jungle |William Beebe
With us in Scotland it was good oatcakes and home-brew––and the air.

The Eye of Dread |Payne Erskine
The squire, who was generally so jovial and cheery, ate his cold pressed beef and drank his glass of "home-brew" in silence.

Under the Mendips |Emma Marshall
"I wonder what brand of home-brew made him think of that," said Linda.

Her Father's Daughter |Gene Stratton-Porter

Popular distrust of home-brew recipes assumes a nationwide phase.

One Third Off |Irvin S. Cobb

home-brew

a beer or other alcoholic drink brewed at home rather than commercially

Canadian informal a professional football player who was born in Canada and is not an import

home-brewed, adjective