overbrew

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ brew.

Verb

overbrew (third-person singular simple present overbrews, present participle overbrewing, simple past and past participle overbrewed)

1. To brew for too long.
   • 2010, Emily James Putnam, The Lady: Studies of Certain Significant Phases of Her History:

     Thrale was a prosperous brewer, but was beset by a tendency to "overbrew," which nearly ruined him.

   • 2011, Johan F.M. Swinnen, The Economics of Beer:

     It was so common for brewers simply to overbrew that the town government in 1501 appointed seven beer tasters.