brew vs inebriant

brew and inebriant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brew	Yes	No	Yes	No
inebriant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inebriant is a hypernym of brew; that is, inebriant is a word with a broader meaning than brew:

brew: drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
inebriant: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Other hypernyms of brew include alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, intoxicant.

brew (noun)	inebriant (noun)
drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

brew (verb)	inebriant (verb)
sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
prepare by brewing