brew vs malt

brew

verb
  • To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. 

  • To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull. 

  • To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water. 

  • To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. 

  • To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water. 

  • To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering. 

  • To foment or prepare, as by brewing 

noun
  • A serving of beer. 

  • A cup of tea. 

  • The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer. 

  • An overhanging hill or cliff. 

malt

verb
  • To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain. 

  • To become malt. 

noun
  • A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor. 

  • Malt liquor, especially malt whisky. 

  • Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise. 

  • Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain. 

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