Word of the week: Let's drink a toast to brewstilleries

May 2, 2017 at 7:55PM

Definition: A brewpub that's also a distillery. Not vice versa; that would a disery.

Sample usage: "Bro, we can probably get like a pail of whiskey at that new brewstillery."

Popularity: It makes sense in context; otherwise it sounds like a word for inebriated shenanigans. "All right, you two," the policeman said, "cut out the brewstillery."

JAMES LILEKS

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