homebrews

Kitchen-crafted ales

Homebrews are things made at home rather than commercially produced.

The term most often refers to beer or other alcoholic beverages brewed domestically: He brought some of his homebrews to the party.

In gaming and computing, homebrews are software or modifications created by amateurs rather than official developers, especially unauthorized programs for game consoles.

beer

fermentation

Microbial sugar conversion

  • yeastFermenting fungus
  • aleWarm-fermented malt drink
  • lagerCold-conditioned beer

stout · hops · malt · barley · wort · carboy · mashing · bottling · kegging · gravity

software

emulation

Copying to rival

hacking · jailbreaking · flashing · patching · ROM · coding · scripting · unlocking · tweaking · sideloading

Opposites
scale and distribution

homebrewsmacrobrews

Large-scale brewery products

Budweiser · Coors · Miller

software/technology context

homebrewscommercial software

Licensed programs for sale

proprietary software

Family

homebrew, homebrewing, homebrewed, homebrewer, homebrewers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated PG