brewed up
Prepared hot drinks
Brewed up is the past tense of brew up, meaning to prepare tea or coffee, especially in British usage: We brewed up some tea while waiting for the rain to stop.
It also means to develop or gather strength, typically said of storms or trouble: A controversy had brewed up over the proposed changes.
In military slang, particularly British, a tank that's brewed up has caught fire or exploded after being hit.
- craft beerSmall-batch artisanal beer
- fermentMicrobial chemical breakdown
- aleWarm-fermented malt drink
- teaSteeped leaf beverage
- lagerCold-conditioned beer
blaze · chai · stout · firestorm · combustion · tension · ignition · tempest in a teapot · perfect storm · matcha · kombucha · brainstorming · inferno · porter · coffee · pilsner · escalation · buildup
brewed upinstant
Briefest unit of time
microwaved · powdered · freeze-dried · premade · ready-made
brewed uppoured out
Released liquid continuously
discarded · dumped · thrown away · emptied · drained
brewed updied down
Became less intense
blew over · dissipated · subsided · calmed down · dispersed
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