On 09/21/2010 07:06 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> 2010/9/21 Colin Guthrie <[email protected]>:
>>> On the other hand (ah ha!), "brew" doesn't have to be alcohol-related,
>>> since it can refer to a cooking process or a witch's brew. (Back to
>>> cauldron...) Or, "what's brewing?"
>>
>> Yes indeed. The alcohol link is purely optional. It very much applies to
>> other things, such as a nice cup of tea. In fact a common question to
>> someone asking if they want a cup of tea is "Fancy a brew?". All
>> innocent and nice and child friendly! :)
> 
> I know what a brew is :)
> I was rather referring to "brewery".

Ah! Well, I can't think of to many other meanings for brewery. Colin,
got any tea houses called The Brewery near you? ;-)

- John
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