Particular brewing of ales, epic (8)
I believe the answer is:
especial
'particular' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'brewing of ales epic' is the wordplay.
'brewing of' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'brewed' mean this).
'ales'+'epic'='alesepic'
'alesepic' with letters rearranged gives 'ESPECIAL'.
(Other definitions for especial that I've seen before include "Over and above what is usually expected" , "Unusual" , "Spice ale wrongly and be particular" , "Exclusive" , "noteworthy" .)