Glossary
Brewpub
A brewery that sells the majority of its beer on its own premises, usually alongside food.
Trade usage. Established by practice in the trade rather than by any formal definition.
The full record
Brewpub has its own catalogue entry with the detail this page summarises — causes, thresholds, related styles and evidence.
Brewpub — A pub that brews the beer it sells, in the building it sells it in — the one venue word that does make a claim about where the kettle is.
Related
- Craft beer — The sector it is usually counted within.
More vocabulary
Brewery tap · CAMRA · Contract brewing · Craft beer · Cru · Microbrewery · Real ale · Session beer · Small beer
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Last reviewed 2026-08-16.