BREWER, a person who professes the art of brewing. There are companies of brewers in most capital cities; that of London was incorporated in 1427 by Henry VI. and that of Paris is still older.
The apparatus and utensils of a brewer, or a brew-house, are, A furnace made close and hollow for saving fuel, and with a vent for the smoke lest it taint the liquor; a copper, which is preferable to lead; a malk-vat near the head; a cooler near the malk-vat; and a
guile-vat under the cooler: adjoining to all are several clean tubs, to receive the worts and liquors.