beer | | |
n. (food) | 1. beer | a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops. |
| ~ brew, brewage | drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling. |
| ~ draft beer, draught beer | beer drawn from a keg. |
| ~ suds | a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces). |
| ~ lager beer, lager | a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September. |
| ~ ale | a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume. |
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