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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small brewery, generally producing fewer than 10,000 barrels of beer and ale a year and frequently selling its products on the premises.

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  • noun a small commercial brewery; in the United States often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.

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  • noun a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere

Etymologies

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Micro- small + brewery.

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