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Answer for the clue "Brewing residue ", 5 letters:
draff

Word definitions for draff in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See Corn , and cf. Garner , n., Garnet , Gram the chick-pea, Granule , Kernel. ] A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. dregs; the wash given to swin or cows; hogwash or waste matter

Usage examples of draff.

Thus there was a complete system of economy at this distillery: a dairy to convert the draff into milk, and a farm to insure that the soil from the cows might be used upon the spot.

I had a hundred and fifty tattered prodigals lately come from swine-keeping, from eating draff and husks.