diff --git a/pipeline/brew/brew.go b/pipeline/brew/brew.go
index 3d50cbc09..5f43e86ff 100644
--- a/pipeline/brew/brew.go
+++ b/pipeline/brew/brew.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func doRun(ctx *context.Context, client client.Client) error {
 	if ctx.Config.Brew.GitHub.Name == "" {
 		return pipeline.Skip("brew section is not configured")
 	}
-	if ctx.Config.Archive.Format == "binary" {
+	if getFormat(ctx) == "binary" {
 		return pipeline.Skip("archive format is binary")
 	}
 
@@ -141,6 +141,15 @@ func doRun(ctx *context.Context, client client.Client) error {
 	return client.CreateFile(ctx, ctx.Config.Brew.CommitAuthor, ctx.Config.Brew.GitHub, content, path, msg)
 }
 
+func getFormat(ctx *context.Context) string {
+	for _, override := range ctx.Config.Archive.FormatOverrides {
+		if strings.HasPrefix("darwin", override.Goos) {
+			return override.Format
+		}
+	}
+	return ctx.Config.Archive.Format
+}
+
 func buildFormula(ctx *context.Context, artifact artifact.Artifact) (bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	data, err := dataFor(ctx, artifact)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pipeline/brew/brew_test.go b/pipeline/brew/brew_test.go
index 74ea870fa..fe0b10daf 100644
--- a/pipeline/brew/brew_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/brew/brew_test.go
@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}
 			fn(ctx)
-			var path = filepath.Join(folder, "bin.tar.gz")
+			var format = getFormat(ctx)
+			var path = filepath.Join(folder, "bin."+format)
 			ctx.Artifacts.Add(artifact.Artifact{
-				Name:   "bin.tar.gz",
+				Name:   "bin." + format,
 				Path:   path,
 				Goos:   "darwin",
 				Goarch: "amd64",
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.True(t, client.CreatedFile)
 			var golden = fmt.Sprintf("testdata/%s.rb.golden", name)
 			if *update {
-				ioutil.WriteFile(golden, []byte(client.Content), 0655)
+				assert.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(golden, []byte(client.Content), 0655))
 			}
 			bts, err := ioutil.ReadFile(golden)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pipeline/brew/testdata/binary_overriden.rb.golden b/pipeline/brew/testdata/binary_overriden.rb.golden
index 9697088b9..0a8b478af 100644
--- a/pipeline/brew/testdata/binary_overriden.rb.golden
+++ b/pipeline/brew/testdata/binary_overriden.rb.golden
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class BinaryOverriden < Formula
   desc "A run pipe test formula"
   homepage "https://github.com/goreleaser"
-  url "https://github.com/test/test/releases/download/v1.0.1/bin.tar.gz"
+  url "https://github.com/test/test/releases/download/v1.0.1/bin.zip"
   version "1.0.1"
   sha256 "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"