beer

en-noun

beer (countable and uncountable, plural beers)

Tok Pisin: bia

→ Alabama: biya

→ Bengali: বিয়ার (biẏar)

→ Burmese: ဘီယာ (bhiya)

⇒ Chinese: 啤酒 (píjiǔ)

→ Hausa: biya

→ Hawaiian: bia

→ Hindi: बियर (biyar)

→ Khmer: បៀរ (biə)

→ Maori: pia

→ Swahili: bia

→ Tagalog: bir

→ Telugu: బీరు (bīru)

→ Thai: เบียร์ (biia)

→ Zulu: ubhiya

A Dictionary of the English Language
Oxford English Dictionary
Samuel Johnson
beer

From Middle English bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”) (putatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeusóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”.
However, also see the "beer" entry on OED (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar Latin *biber (“a drink, beverage”), from Latin bibere (“to drink”). Samuel Johnson in his famous 18th-century A Dictionary of the English Language guessed it was from (unattested) Welsh *bîr; he distinguished it in his time from ale — the ancient usual word — by beer being older-aged and/or smaller.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bjoor, West Frisian bier, German Low German Beer, Dutch bier, German Bier, Icelandic bjór (“beer”).

der

(uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.


new

From Middle English newe, from Old English nīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”), from *néwos.
cognates
Cognate with Scots new (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Dutch nieuw (“new”), Low German nee (“new”), German neu (“new”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ny (“new”), Icelandic nýr (“new”), Faroese nýggjur (“new”), Latin novus (“new”), Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”), Welsh newydd (“new”), Russian но́вый (nóvyj, “new”), Armenian նոր (nor, “new”), Persian نو (“now”),Northern Kurdish nû (“new”), Hindi नया (nayā, “new”), Tocharian B ñuwe (“new”).
Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo and novuss.

(Australia, uncountable) A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.


forty

From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).

inh

'Tis forty years this very day,
 Since you and I, old girl, were married.

1825, unknown, Harrison's Amusing Picture and Poetry Book, page 35:

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.

veertig

the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine


forty

(slang) A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces.


thirty

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:thirty.

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.


diesel

en-noun

diesel (countable and uncountable, plural diesels)

From German Diesel, named after inventor Rudolf Diesel, who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.

snakebite and black
snakebite and black#English

(UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.


IPA

IPA (countable and uncountable, plural IPAs)

Not bad for an amber or pale ale, but India pale ale, I don't think so. So why does Bass put IPA on the label?

1998, Pete Slosberg, Beer for Pete's Sake: The Wicked Adventures of a Brewing Maverick, page 128:

(beer, countable) Initialism of India pale ale.


bitter

en-adj

bitter (comparative more bitter or bitterer, superlative most bitter or bitterest)

more bitter (comparative)
bitterer (comparative)
most bitter (superlative)
bitterest (superlative)

Sranan Tongo: bita

From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitr, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite + -er (agent noun suffix) used attributively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bitter, West Frisian bitter, Low German bitter, Dutch bitter, German bitter, Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur (all meaning “bitter”).

It was at the end of February, […] when the world was cold, and a bitter wind howled down the moors […].

1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, p.31 (Perennial paperback edition)


homebrewer

One who brews his or her own beer or other alcoholic beverage; one who homebrews.

Homebrewer Martin Malý illustrates the slowness of BASIC with the following story: […]

2018, Jaroslav Svelch, Raiford Guins, Henry Lowood, Gaming the Iron Curtain:

An amateur who builds radio equipment or develops video games, etc.


brew

From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn.
Cognate with
Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley

cog

Landlady: You're not stoppin' for a brew?
Gene Hunt: No thanks, love. Better crack on.

2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:

The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.


zymurgy

This refinement led to [Eduard] Buchner's receipt of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for advancements in zymurgy.

2010, “Fermentation”, in Rachel Black, editor, Alcohol in Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:

The chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beer and winemaking.


half and half

en-noun

half and half (countable and uncountable, plural half and halfs)

A mixture of two things, generally in about equal proportions.

(US) A mixture of half lemonade and half iced tea.


pint

From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto.

halstuoppi

closest equivalent in traditional Finnish units

(UK, Commonwealth) 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).

16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or

approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).

The prices of the second class are given by the ounce; thus […] for a pint, of 12 ounces;

1822, The Monthly Gazette of Health, page 832:

As a good illustration, this work shows that it is possible to fill 12-ounce pints for carry-out trade. This leads the ice cream manufacturers to feel that a large part of the trouble encountered comes from merchandising.

[…] a 12-ounce pint of laudanum every five days, or about 1,000 drops a day. The story of Coleridge's opium addiction is further confused by his habit of referring to laudanum as a stimulant.

1968, Alethea Hayter, Opium and the Romantic Imagination, Univ of California Press, page 194:

... 12 - ounce pints of beer or ale may be substituted . Visitors under 16 cannot legally bring in tobacco . The liquor allowance does not apply to minors below the age limit prevailing in the province you are entering . Apart from these[…]

1973, Ted Kosoy, A Guide for Travellers in Canada:

Forget quarts and 12-ounce "pints". Given the amounts of Pepsi and 7-up , 3.2 beer and California wine, tequila and sour mash we consume, it won't be long before we learn our capacities in this new language.

1975, American Metric Journal, numbers 3-4, page 36:

4 medium scoops coffee ice cream (about 1 pint/12 ounces/340 grams), softened until just melty at the edges

2012 June 25, Adam Ried, Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes: 100 Thick and Creamy Shakes You Can Make At Home: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:

(formerly medicine, now chiefly some US bars and ice cream sellers) 12 fluid ounces.

A unit of volume, equivalent to:
12 fluid ounces.

formerly medicine; now chiefly some US bars and ice cream sellers; formerly medicine; now chiefly some US bars and ice cream sellers


gash

en-noun

gash (countable and uncountable, plural gashes)

Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).

der

(slang) Poor-quality beer, usually watered down.


Monte Carlo

Monte (“mountain”) + Carlo (“Charles/Carl”). Named after Charles III of Monaco.

The probability density of the Bayesian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains.

2004 July 27, F. Keith Barker et al., “Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation”, in PNAS, page 11040, column 2:

Monte Carlo method
Monte Carlo method#English

(statistics) Ellipsis of Monte Carlo method.


skunk

en-verb

skunk (third-person singular simple present skunks, present participle skunking, simple past and past participle skunked)

skunks (present singular third-person)
skunking (participle present)
skunked (participle past)
skunked (past)

From an unattested Southern New England Algonquian word, cognate with Abenaki segôgw, segonku (“he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago.

cog

(intransitive, of beer) To go bad, to spoil.


draught

en-noun

draught (countable and uncountable, plural draughts)

From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.

And therefore, for the whole process, and full representation, there must be more than one draught; the one representing him in station, the other in session, another in genuflexion.

1650, Thomas Browne, chapter V, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 22:


sleeve

From Middle English sleve, slefe, from Old English slīef and slīefe (“sleeve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sleeuwe (“sleeve”), West Frisian slúf, Dutch sloof (“apron”), Low German sluve, dialectal German Schlaube.
The Canadian sense of “measure smaller than a pint” is due to a former conflict between federal law and provincial law in British Columbia. According to federal law, a pint must be 20 imperial ounces (~568 ml), but according to provincial law at the time, the maximum individual serving size was 500 ml, so an individual portion could not be called a “pint” in British Columbia, and required a different term. The provincial law has been changed, allowing servings of up to 24 oz (~682 ml), but the term remains in use. The term sleeve itself for a cylindrical glass of beer is also found in the UK and Australia (as sleever), and may be due to stacked glasses resembling a sleeve.

For example, you may serve a patron a 12 oz sleeve of beer and a 5 oz glass of wine (or alternately 1.5 oz spirits) at the same time.

2022 June, Manufacturer Terms and Conditions:

(British Columbia) A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(electrical engineering) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.


sleeve

en-verb

sleeve (third-person singular simple present sleeves, present participle sleeving, simple past and past participle sleeved)

sleeves (present singular third-person)
sleeving (participle present)
sleeved (participle past)
sleeved (past)

(transitive) To fit and attach a sleeve to an upper garment (e.g. to a shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, etc.) or to a folder.

There are certain types of sleeving that are difficult to perform with the shirt sleeves down, and it is difficult and risky to attempt sleeving while wearing a shirt with "French" cuffs.

2006, J. B. Bobo, Modern Coin Magic, →ISBN, page 99:

(magic tricks) To hide something up one's sleeve.


ale

en-noun

ale (countable and uncountable, plural ales)

→ Dutch: ale

→ Finnish: ale

→ French: ale

From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Swedish öl), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“beer”), or *h₂elu- (“bitter”). Compare Russian ол (ol), Lithuanian alùs, Armenian օղի (ōġi); compare also Latin alum (“comfrey”), alūta (“tawed leather”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).

cog

A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.

A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.


mild

From Middle English milde, from Old English milde (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, pound, grind”).
Cognate with Scots mild, myld (“mild”), Saterland Frisian milde (“mild”), West Frisian myld (“mild”), Dutch mild (“mild”), Low German milde (“mild”), German mild (“mild”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål mild (“mild”), Icelandic mildur (“mild”), Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”), Lithuanian malonus (“pleasing, pleasant, kind”), Old Norse mildr.

cog

'Let me get this for the lady,' I said to Fange, who was pulling her a pint of mild.

1998, Robert Rankin, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag, page 112:

But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong.

2011, Pete Brown, Three Sheets to the Wind:

(British) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale


porter

en-noun

porter (countable and uncountable, plural porters)

From Middle English porter, portere, portare, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French portier, from Late Latin portarius (“gatekeeper”), from Latin porta (“gate”).

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

Coordinate term: stout

(countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.

“Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.” The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed.

1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “Counterparts”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 107:


bock

bock (countable and uncountable, plural bocks)

A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.


tipper

So called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

a pint of the celebrated staggering ale or Real Old Brighton Tipper at supper

1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:

A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.


widget

Coined by American playwright George S. Kaufman in 1924 in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

coin

A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.


purl

Unknown; apparently related to Scots and dialect pirl (“twist, ripple, whirl, spin”), and possibly to Older Scots pyrl ("thrust or poke at"). Compare Venetian pirlo, an embellishment where the woven threads are twisted together. May be unrelated to purfle, though the meanings are similar.

A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.


purl

en-verb

purl (third-person singular simple present purls, present participle purling, simple past and past participle purled)

purls (present singular third-person)
purling (participle present)
purled (participle past)
purled (past)

From Old Norse purla (“to babble”), possibly ultimately from an imitative Germanic base related to Dutch polder, Norwegian puldra (“to gush”) and pulla (“to bubble”), Old English polr (“marsh”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

thin winding breath which purled up to the sky

1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:

To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.


purl

Possibly from the pearl-like appearance caused by bubbles on the surface of the liquid.

A double mug of purle.

(archaic) Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.


grisette

Borrowed from French grisette, from gris (“grey”) + -ette, named after the color of the fabric associated with low value or bad quality.

Alternative form: grizette

‘What a fuss is here, indeed, about a little grisette: why, one would think Beresford had carried off an heiress.’

1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 263:

The anticipations of the shopkeeper were realized, and his rooms soon became notorious through the charms of the sprightly grisette.

1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:

he enjoyed the immense luxury not only of lovemaking but also of sleeping and drowsing beside this gentle and composed and somewhat melancholy woman, who was not a fille de joie in the professional sense but more like a grisette.

1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1015:

A (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals.


stout

stout (canonical)
the malt brew stout (canonical)
stouts (plural)

From Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), from earlier Old French estolt (“strong”), from Frankish *stolt, *stult (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”).
Cognate with Dutch stout (“stout, bold, naughty”), Low German stolt (“stately, proud”), German stolz (“proud, haughty, arrogant, stately”), Old Norse stoltr (“proud”) (Danish stolt (“proud”), Icelandic stoltur (“proud”)).
Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from First attested in c. 1386, but has been to a large extent displaced by the euphemistic meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in stout-hearted (1552).
The noun "strong, dark-brown beer" is first recorded 1677, from the adjective.

cog

Coordinate term: porter

Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.

(beer) A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.


snakebite and black

en-noun

snakebite and black (usually uncountable, plural snakebite and blacks)

A drink made by accenting a snakebite (hard cider and lager) with a dash of blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis.


car bomb

An alcoholic beverage made by dropping a shot of liquor into a glass of beer.


stubbie

2006, Tom Conyers, Morse Code for Cats, 2008, Zeus Publications, Australia, page 59,
Joe drank his lone stubbie of light beer like it was poison – which isn′t far wrong.

Every time you throw your Coke can or your stubbie, or leave your McDonald′s wrapper on the beach, you spoil our beautiful pristine coastline.

2002, Patsy McCarthy, Caroline Hatcher, Presentation Skills: The Essential Guide for Students, Australia: Allen & Unwin, page 99:

The communal area is constantly cruisey, whether you′re slung low in a hammock or sipping your BYO stubbie in the cool, cushioned area with a frayed map in hand.

2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 384:

In PNG we would buy beer wholesale at around 10 cents per stubbie or can, and sell it to ourselves at 20 cents per stubbie or can.

2011, S. J. Waddell, Exploration Days: An a to Z of Ways of Dying in Mineral Exploration, Xlibris, page 76:

(Australia, New Zealand) A small beer bottle with a distinctive squat shape; a stubby.


session

→ Japanese: セッション (sesshon)

→ Korean: 세션 (sesyeon)

→ Scottish Gaelic: seisean

From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).

(beer) An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.


schooner

Attested ca. 1715, of uncertain origin. Said to be derived from dialectal scoon (“to skim over water”). Compare also shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”).

Boycott any pub that bans work clothes, allows customers to reserve tables or only sells beer in schooners. That is less a pub, more a private members’ club.

2018 June 6, Tony Naylor, “The new rules of pub etiquette: don't flirt with bar staff or steal the glasses”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK) A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.

Foaming schooners of beer grew ever larger and more numerous as the crimson February suns went to their rest.

a. 1964, Arthur Upfield, “Fozen Pumps”, in Kees de Hoog, editor, Up and Down Australia: Short Stories Selected by Kees de Hoog, published 2008, page 67:

And needless to say, the Western Australia row will eventually be filled in as well, though not before drinking a schooner of the amber nectar in Perth.

2004, Ken Ewell, Voyages of Discovery: A Manly Adventure in the Lands Down Under, page 94:

For a true Adelaide experience, head for the bar and order a schooner of Coopers, the local brew, or a glass of SA′s impressive wine.

2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Meg Worby, Lindsay Brown, Paul Harding, Central Australia: Adelaide to Darwin, Lonely Planet, page 59:

(Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).

(US) A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).


shandy

shandy (countable and uncountable, plural shandies)

(uncountable, UK, Ireland) A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.


alt

liquid alts

alternative investment
alternative investment

(finance) An alternative investment or alternative fund.


amber nectar

amber nectar (usually uncountable, plural amber nectars)

Fortunately, once in the beergarden with the good Doctor and a cold and frothy schooner of the amber nectar, everything fell into place.

2004, Ken Ewell, Voyages of Discovery: A Manly Adventure in the Lands Down Under, page 22:

The Czech lands have been famous for centuries for producing some of the finest amber nectar in the world.

2010, Neil Wilson, Mark Baker, Prague, Lonely Planet, page 180:

After my spot has finished, I weave my way to the bar for a nice cool bottle of Stella, and as I'm swigging down the amber nectar, who should walk into the room but my newfound nemesis: Dave Doyle.

2010, Russ Harris, Stand Up Strummer: A Tale of Sex, Love and Side-effects, page 216:

This was one of our personal little wins over the army, and as soldiers do, we love to down a few amber nectars from time to time.

2010, Rob Maylor, SAS Sniper: The Rob Maylor Story, unnumbered page:


lager

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

der

A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.


saison

From French saison (“season”). Doublet of season.


Bud

(rare, chiefly Southern US) A male given name from English.


hopped

en-adj

hopped (comparative more hopped, superlative most hopped)

more hopped (comparative)
most hopped (superlative)


frothy

(Australia, slang, chiefly in the plural) A serving of beer.


dunkel

en-noun

dunkel (countable and uncountable, plural dunkels)

I drank dunkel export beer in the Bier Halle where all the girls were called Therese;

1994, A Stomach for Dissent: The Life of Raymond Postgate, 1896-1971, Keele University Press, page 168:

Recently, for instance, he brewed all dunkels for a period, only with different yeast strains.

Bavarian dunkels are deep reddish-brown in colour.

Dunkels tend to be moderately hopped, made using dark malts, and offer malty, toffee, chocolate flavours. While weissbiers, helles and dunkels are not actually indigenous to Germany, altbier has its origins around the city of Düsseldorf,[…].

2014, Gavin D. Smith, Beer: A Global History (The Edible Series), Reaktion Books, →ISBN:

A type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor.


John Barleycorn

John (commonly used to personify a concept) + barleycorn; barley is used to produce malt, the source of most British alcoholic drink.

a personification of alcoholic drink, particularly beer and whisky.


barleycorn

This trip to Italy has actually enlarged the diameter of my head thirteen barleycorns!

1879, Geo. Alfred Townsend, Bohemian Days:

Then shewed the devil the booke unto the friar, and the friar saw it was an uncut unique of incalculable value; the height of it was half a cubit and the breadth of it the fourth part of a cubit and the thickness of it five barleycorns lacking the space of three horsehairs.

1907, Various, The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.):

(obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.


snakebite

snakebite (countable and uncountable, plural snakebites)

We agreed to go down to the bar and get a snakebite together, […]

2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 231:

(countable, uncountable) A drink made by mixing hard cider and lager.


zythepsary

Derived from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos, “barley beer”) + ἕψω (hépsō, “to boil”).

1861, uncredited contributor, “Wandering Words” in All the Year Round, Volume 5, No. 106, 4 May, 1961, p. 144,
But the oddest things of all are to be found in the dictionaries. Why they are all kept there no one knows; but what man in his senses would use such words as zythepsary for a brew-house, and zumologist for a brewer […]

...and we Employ the same old diastase In orgulous zythepsaries.

1937, Saturday Review of Literature - Volume 17, page 13:

Zythepsary equipment — there's a vast change nowadays!

1950, The Listener - Volume 43, page 451:

He was full of inkhorn words going so far as to call grog shops zythepsaries, which seemed several syllables too long to be uttered by any I had ever met within such places […]

2001, Richard Flanagan, “The Porcupine Fish”, in Gould’s Book of Fish, New York: Grove, VI, p. 121:


pils

pils (countable and uncountable, plural pils)


two-four

From the two digits used to form the number twenty-four, decimal 24, in place notation.

Happy and me chip in together and buy a two-four of Labatt's plus a couple of bags of potato chips.

1980, Sundogs: Stories from Saskatchewan, page 85:

“Winston, Maxine and I are going to the beer store to buy a two four, would you mind staying here with baby until I get back?”

2007, Michell Downey, Beauty and the Beast Within, page 233:

(Canada, slang) A case of twenty-four bottles or cans of beer.


Kölsch

The Germanic/German dialect spoken in and around Cologne, Germany, part of the Ripuarian language area


Kölsch

Kölsch (countable and uncountable, plural Kölsches or Kölschs)

We are starting to see more Kölschs, more Pilseners, and a renaissance of so-called “pre-Prohibition-style” lagers. This is a positive trend. Compared to pale ales, amber ales and “amber” lagers, true Kölschs and Pilseners have been underrepresented in the mix of brands produced by microbrewers, regional brewers and brewpubs in the U.S. today.

Looking at the industry as a whole, I see a rich and diverse beer culture in America that offers everything from lightly flavored summer Kölsches to unbelievably assertive imperial IPAs.

Though you may feel the need to dare to drink different, bigger brews, and we encourage this rock ’n’ roll spirit, we want you to recognize the vastness of the craft world within even one style of beer, the pleasure that can come from comparing Kölschs and weighing in on Witbiers.

2009, Christina Perozzi; Hallie Beaune, The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer, Perigee, →ISBN:

It’s a bracing, bright day, the kind of morning that wakes you up and clears your head, and I soon realise I’m not feeling too bad at all. Remarkable really, after all those Kölschs: nothing short of a miracle.

2011, Tom Chesshyre, “Cologne: ‘Fear and Loathing by the Rhine’”, in Tales from the Fast Trains: Europe at 186 MPH, Summersdale Publishers, →ISBN, page 276:

Roland ordered us two Kölsches, which arrived as we pondered the menu—actually, Roland did most of the pondering as it was printed completely in German; I just wondered.

2013, Jeff Martindale, “Spontaneous Germany”, in An Accidental Globetrotter: A Travel Memoir, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 71:

Styles range from lager-like Kölschs and hazy Hefeweizens, through best bitters and porters, to IPAs and up to huge Imperial Stouts and Barley Wines.[…]Whereas you can buy other Köln-brewed Kölschs in bottles (such as Früh, Gäffel, Dom), you need to go to the brewery to drink Päffgen.

2013, Mark Dredge, Craft Beer World: A Guide to Over 350 of the Finest Beers Known to Man, Dog ‘n’ Bone Books, →ISBN:

But Paul was not content to brew endless amounts of blonde ales, Kölschs, and amber ales because he had been told that he could never sell an IPA in Nebraska: “We had several people from the very beginning tell us not to make those beers,” head brewer Tyson Arp said.

2014 September, Sean Lewis, ““Somebody Please Notice We’re Here!””, in We Make Beer: Inside the Spirit and Artistry of America’s Craft Brewers, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, pages 148–149:

Back in town I continue my search and find a few more Kölsches: Brauhaus Sion (nice grapefruity freshness), Brauhaus Peter (clean and hoppy), and Reissdorf (a little sweet, a little toasty).[…]In the last two days I have drunk 10 different beers in each city and feel the Kölsches were within a narrower flavor profile, being relatively similar to each other, whereas Alts had more range of aroma and flavor.

2015, Mark Dredge, The Best Beer in the World: One Man’s Globe Search for the Perfect Pint, Dog ‘n’ Bone Books, →ISBN:

Beers that are fermented at higher temperatures (usually between 50°F and 80°F), causing the yeast to rise to the top. It’s a process used for a variety of styles, including, but not limited to, ales like Goses, wheats, Kölsches, and porters.

2017, Thea Engst, Lauren Vigdor, “How to Order”, in Drink Like a Bartender, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 92:

‘Word is Julian didn’t get his shiner just falling down the stairs after a few too many Kölsches, if you get me.’

2021, Isabel Rogers, Continental Riff (The Stockwell Park Orchestra Series; volume three), Farrago, →ISBN:

Mason had noticed the range of lagers and beers on tap and suggested two Kölschs’ and some potato chips.

2022, David M Thomas, The Schneider Papers, Novum, →ISBN:

A type of lager-conditioned ale traditionally brewed in and around Cologne, Germany.


tinnie

Far better to send one of the girls out for a pizza and some tinnies, and then give her undivided attention when she returns.

2005, Jack Leonard, Bad Altitude, page 170:

In a city where alcohol was once the main currency (see p23), it′s little wonder that drinking is a big part of the social fabric – whether it′s knocking back some tinnies on the beach or meeting mates at the pub.

2008, Peter Dragicevich, Jolyon Attwooll, Sydney, Lonely Planet, page 154:

I′m forty and Tyrene says if I keep supping the tinnies at this rate it won′t be long before I′m forty stone! I′m nineteen stone right now and if I had a dollar for every time Tyrene called me a “big, fat, lazy bastard”, I could charter a yacht and sail to the Whitsundays and we live in Perth!

2011, Calvin Wade, Forever Is Over, page 378:

The bullies laughed and whistled and the tinnie turned once more, this time racing straight towards them from the port beam, bows tilted up, spray creaming out.

2003, Christopher Cummings, The Mudskipper Cup: A North Queensland Story about Navy Cadets, page 355:

Part of the tinnie could be seen pushed up against the bank but otherwise it had all sunk.

2007, Caroline De Costa, Rookwood Island, page 239:

The miracles seem to have followed Kevin and Trevor who have remarkably travelled over fifty-eight nautical miles in little more than a tinnie, encountering all sorts of astounding natural phenomena such as enormous whales and strangely behaving sharks, bixarre star patterns and odd schools of fish.

2009, Rebecca Pannell, “Seachange, Where Fish Fly”, in Susan Hosking, Rick Hosking, Rebecca Pannell, Nena Bierbaum, editors, Something Rich and Strange: Sea Changes, Beaches and the Littoral in the Antipodes, page 56:

(Australia, slang) A small open aluminium boat.

Or swapped them for some tinnies, a bottle of El D?

2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 25:

(New Zealand, slang) Small package of drugs wrapped in foil.


coldie

From cold + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), for cold one. Compare tinnie.

2000, Markus Zusak, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, in 2011, Underdogs (omnibus edition), page 255,
As expected, she's sitting in the stand, holding a hot dog in one hand and balancing a coldie and a cigarette in the other.

He reached under his seat and pulled out a Foster′s. “I don't suppose you′d care for a coldie?”
“I don′t mind if I do.”
“There′s a girl!” He popped the tab and passed it over.

2010, Jeanne Matthews, Bones of Contention, page 302:

“G′day love. You look like you could use a coldie.”
His thick Australian accent made her smile.

2011, Craig Odanovich, The Black Widow Trainer, page 71:

(Australia) A cold bottle or can of beer.


light porter

Nearly all bitter drinks are good.... Here at least I think England cannot match Ireland, for our stouts are, as a rule, too sweet and "clammy." But there used to be in the country districts a sort of light porter which was one of the most refreshing liquids conceivable for hot weather.

1920, George Saintsbury, Notes on a Cellar Book:

A type of porter ale lighter in color than the typical dark porter.


hot pint

(Scotland) a drink made from boiling beer to which is added nutmeg, eggs, sugar and whiskey; drunk during first footing.


Broon

Myek mine a bottle of Broon, pet.

(Geordie) Newcastle Brown Ale, a well known brand of brown ale beer.


brown ale

brown ale (countable and uncountable, plural brown ales)

A type of beer characterised by its brown colour and rich malty, hoppy flavour with hints of caramel.


Broonale

Give is a bottle of Broonale, pet!


Bishop Barker

After Frederic Barker, who became the second Anglican bishop of Sydney, Australia, in 1855 and was noted for his height and for being a teetotaller. The expression became obsolete in the 1870s.

1898, Price Warung, Dictionary Ned, in Half-Crown Bob and Tales of the Riverine, quoted in 1970, Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore,
For a "Bishop Barker" he would compose a quatrain on any subject – a person preferred – suggested by the man who tipped him the drink […] .

Henry lays a shilling down on the wet bar towel at the Lass, asks Murwillumbah Marie for some ship′s biscuits or cheese but they don't do them on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays any more, and he brings back two cold, foaming Bishop Barkers.

2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 155:

(Australia, slang, obsolete) A very tall glass of beer.


malt liquor

malt liquor (usually uncountable, plural malt liquors)

(archaic) Any beverage brewed from malt, including ale, beer and porter, typically having lower alcohol content than modern brews.


gin's piss

From gin (“Australian aboriginal woman”) + piss (“inferior alcoholic beverage”).


black and tan

black and tan (countable and uncountable, plural black and tans)

(countable) Any of various breeds of dog having black and tan colouring.


skunked

en-adj

skunked (comparative more skunked, superlative most skunked)

more skunked (comparative)
most skunked (superlative)

We found some skunked beer in the abandoned cabin, but it was not worth drinking.

(of beer) Ruined by poor storage or exposure to light.


Darwin stubby

From Darwin, the Australian city where such bottles have been sold since 1958, + stubby (“small bottle of beer”), intended ironically.

2003, Our Own Little Kakadu, Janette Turner Hospital, North of Nowhere, South of Loss, page 102,
It was a steamy Sunday night, and Jug, guzzling from a large Darwin stubby of tarblack bitter, was weaving by the chapel′s open door on the esplanade when the Lord shouted at the top of His Almighty lungs: “Jug Wilkins, it is required of you this night to be a juggernaut for God.”

The stake now meant the winner got two hundred pounds, and the money was handed over the bar.
I told him, “Wait here while I get the stubbies”
I went out and got a Darwin Stubby out of the truck. When I went back inside I was holding it behind my back, but the ones who saw what I had were having trouble hiding their laughter.

2007, Leslie P. Richards, Truckin′ Tales, page 31:

2011, "bottle sizes", entry in Tom Colicchio, Charles Bamforth, George Philliskirk, Keith Villa, Wolfgang Stempfl, Patrick Hayes, The Oxford Companion to Beer, page 152,
In the Northern Territory of Australia the “Darwin stubby” is a 2-l beer bottle, originally four Imperial pints (2.27 l), sold to capitalize on the region′s reputation for beer consumption.

(Australia, informal) A 2.25 litre bottle of beer, today made principally as a tourist novelty.


English strong ale

en-noun

English strong ale (countable and uncountable, plural English strong ales)

An ale brewed to over 5% ABV that uses malt barley. It is brewed in England and also in America.


stubby

en-adj

stubby (comparative stubbier, superlative stubbiest)

stubbier (comparative)
stubbiest (superlative)


boilermaker

/ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/

The sole boilermaker visited the out-depots if necessary, but such occasions were exceptional, engines being worked up to Horsham on suitable duties and changed over as required.

1952 February, J. Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:

A person qualified to make or repair boilers.


tallboy

By surface analysis, tall + boy, but the furniture sense may have been originally modeled after lowboy, related to French bois (“wood”).

In her post, which was less than a minute long, she said that the company had sent her a tallboy can of Bud Light with her face on it. An image of the can was edited into the video.

2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US) A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).


mild ale

en-noun

mild ale (countable and uncountable, plural mild ales)

(British, historical) Young (newly brewed) ale, not yet having developed a tangy flavour.


mild and bitter

mild and bitter (countable and uncountable, plural mild and bitters)

A drink consisting of a mixture of mild and bitter beers.


kangaroo piss

From kangaroo + piss (“inferior liquor”).

>> Yeah, or you could drink beer instead.
>Right, Fosters (ever been kicked by a kangaroo?)
Kangaroo piss more like it. Let's go for top shelf instead of the urinal, try something like Carlsberg or if you want Aussie beer try Cooper's Pale Ale ;^) Stix, or Cascade.

1998 July 10, Gully Foyle, “Why does Gawd need representatives? (was: Free Will (Re: Why are there atheists?))”, in talk.atheism (Usenet):

Hey! I was led to believe that Fosters was crap, and that the various Australian microbrews were the way to go. If that's the case, then wouldn't offering a Fosters to a visitor be an insult? Another way of saying, "Your palette^([sic]) probably cannot descriminate between a quality beer and kangaroo piss, so there's no need to waste the good stuff on you. Here, have a Fosters." :)

1999 July 18, Dave, “CANADA IS A GOOD PLACE....”, in alt.tv.southpark (Usenet):

Hey Billy, stop drinking kangaroo piss for breakfast and wake up.

2001 December 12, Skip Press, “Osama's Tape and Al Jazeera's responce^([sic])”, in alt.journalism (Usenet):

(Australia, vulgar, slang) Beer, especially of inferior quality.


microbrewery

A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.


ajon

But how can I give up my malwa or ajon where drinkers must sit close together round a beer pot, often sharing the same drinking straws, thus exchanging salivary fluids?

2007 December 12, Austin Ejiet, “Exactly what does Ebola want in our backyard?”, in Kampala Monitor, archived from the original on 2009-02-13:

A type of beer brewed from finger millet in northern and eastern Uganda.


stingo

Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow?

1715, Joseph Addison, The Drummer, or The Haunted House:

The elevated cavaliers sent […]for two tubs of merry stingo.

1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

For my outside I never need fear me / While warm with real stingo within.


rathskeller

From German Rathskeller, obsolete spelling of Ratskeller. In English the obsolete spelling has often been retained to avoid the association with rodents.

A bar or restaurant in a basement, especially one that serves beer.


pilsener

pilsener (countable and uncountable, plural pilseners)


homebrew

homebrew (countable and uncountable, plural homebrews)

A beer brewed by enthusiasts rather than commercially.

(informal) Made or changed by amateurs (especially games or amateur radio equipment).


homebrew

en-verb

homebrew (third-person singular simple present homebrews, present participle homebrewing, simple past and past participle homebrewed)

homebrews (present singular third-person)
homebrewing (participle present)
homebrewed (participle past)
homebrewed (past)

To brew one's beer or other alcoholic beverage at home.

(informal) To create something as an enthusiast, rather than using a commercial option.


lambic

First attested as allambique; probably (via Belgian Dutch lambiek) from French alambic (“alembic”). Doublet of alembic and ambix.

Wooden casks serve a special role in the maturation of lambic by allowing a little oxygen to slowly contact the beer.

1990, Jean Guinard, Lambic, Brewers Publications, →ISBN:

A mid-strength traditional Belgian/Flemish sour beer of spontaneous fermentation.


ESB

extra special bitter
w:extra special bitter

(beer) Initialism of extra special bitter.


pilsner

en-noun

pilsner (countable and uncountable, plural pilsners)

From German Pilsner, from Pilsen, the Bohemian city where the beer was first developed.


Guinness

An Anglicization of an Irish patronymic surname based on Angus.


brewski

brewski (countable and uncountable, plural brewskis)

(countable, informal) A serving of beer.


bock beer

From German Bockbier, from Bock + Bier (“beer”). The former component is a southern German alteration of Einbeck, a brewery town in Lower Saxony, where the beer originally hails from. The Low German placename suffix -beck (“-brook”) was reinterpreted in southern dialects as the plural of Bock (“buck”).


wifebeater

wifebeater (countable and uncountable, plural wifebeaters)

From wife + beater. The sleeveless shirt acquired the nickname by association with men who commit domestic violence. The lager, being relatively strong, was thought to lead to drunken disputes.

And then we were walking back alleys, trudging through the drifts of chip papers, the bottles and empty cans of wifebeater[…]

But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong. Drink Stella in goblets like people do in its native country and, hey presto! It's no longer 'wifebeater'.

2011, Pete Brown, Three Sheets to the Wind:

(uncountable, UK, colloquial) Stella Artois, a brand of lager beer.


throwdown

Deverbal from throw down. Fight and music senses from earlier idiom throw down the gauntlet (“issue a challenge”).

(slang, wrestling) A fall, indicating defeat.

(slang, rare) A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigation, especially in situations where deadly force would only have been justified if the victim were armed. Also an untraceable weapon kept in readiness for such use.

a hip-hop throwdown

(slang, hip-hop) A performance by a rapper or DJ that is intended to be particularly hardcore or intense.

(Australia, informal) A 250 ml bottle of beer.

(Australia) A type of small firework that explodes with a loud noise when thrown violently onto the ground.


skunky

en-adj

skunky (comparative skunkier, superlative skunkiest)

skunkier (comparative)
skunkiest (superlative)

From skunk + -y; skunks are known for their unpleasant odor. For the beer sense, compare skunk (“to go bad”).

One American brewer with trademark clear bottles developed a modified hop extract that’s free of the vulnerable hop acid, and this prevents its beer from going skunky.

2004, Harold McGee, chapter 13, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:


twelve-ounce curls

From the size of common beer containers (bottles and cans) in the United States: twelve ounces + curls, a weightlifting exercise.

He sat on the couch all weekend eating chips and doing twelve-ounce curls.


bishop's collar

en-noun

bishop's collar (plural bishop's collars)

From its appearance of having a white band above the black drink.

(Ireland, slang) a pint of Guinness (or similar) having too much head on top.


zythum

From Latin zȳthum, from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).

Cartwright looked up from the Chamber’s^([sic]) Encyclopaedia […] One day he would get right to the end, to zythum. Not that he needed to. He had already peeped ahead and seen that it was a kind of ancient Egyptian beer, much recommended by Diodorus Siculus – whoever he was.

1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, pages 14–15:

(historical) An unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer.


hopback

(brewing, beer) A sealed chamber between the brewing kettle and counter-flow wort chiller, into which hops are added.


cold one

I'm going to crack open a cold one.

They sat in a booth near the door and drank the first cold ones of the evening while watching three impassioned pinballers dickering with flashing, promising, tilting machines.

(informal) A beer; usually, a cold beer straight from a refrigerator or cooler.


India pale ale

India pale ale (countable and uncountable, plural India pale ales)

From India + pale ale, from being the type of beer, an ale with little colouration, shipped from Britain to India, with a higher hops content to prevent spoilage and further fermentation during transit.

This action proceeds most satisfactorily at a temperature of 72° F., and care is taken in the brewing of the finer varieties of beer, such as India pale ale and bitter beer, […]

1868, Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, page 810:

Not bad for an amber or pale ale, but India pale ale, I don't think so. So why does Bass put IPA on the label?

1998, Pete Slosberg, Beer for Pete's Sake: The Wicked Adventures of a Brewing Maverick, page 128:

Hence, the India pale ale style was born.

2005, Sam Calagione, Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, page 149:

(alcoholic beverages) A beer, with a high level of alcohol and hops, traditionally made for export from Britain to India.


altbier

From German Altbier (literally “old beer”).

Their own version of brown ale, long the signature beer of the Düsseldorf region in northwestern Germany, is called altbier, literally old beer.

2007 January 24, Eric Asimov, “Quiet Cover for a Vital Brew”, in New York Times:

A form of German top-fermenting beer that originated in Westphalia and later spread to parts of the Rhineland.


crushable

en-adj

crushable (comparative more crushable, superlative most crushable)

more crushable (comparative)
most crushable (superlative)

(informal, of beer) Easy-drinking or sessionable.


hefeweizen

en-noun

hefeweizen (countable and uncountable, plural hefeweizens)


doppelbock

doppelbock (countable and uncountable, plural doppelbocks)

As with so many beer styles, we have monasteries to thank for doppelbock, in particular the devout monks of St. Francis of Paula.

2007 April 18, Eric Asimov, “With Bocks, It’s All About the Malt”, in New York Times:

A Bavarian speciality beer, deep gold to dark brown, with a large, creamy, persistent head and a strong malty aroma.


Brass Monkey

A cocktail of vodka, rum and orange juice, sometimes with the addition of Galliano.


weissbier

weissbier (countable and uncountable, plural weissbiers)

Borrowed from German Weißbier, probably from weiß (“white”) + Bier (“beer”), but see the lemma.

It actually starts as two beers, Mr. Adrià said: a straightforward lager and a German-style weissbier that is seasoned with orange peel, coriander and licorice.

2009 May 27, Florence Fabricant, “From a Revered Chef, a Beer That Behaves Like Wine”, in New York Times:

A Bavarian specialty beer in which a significant proportion of malted barley is replaced with malted wheat.


IBU

On a tour of the cavernous and gleaming BrewDog plant in Ellon, just north of Aberdeen, Dickie happily batted around terminology – IBU, ABV, pH, haze, present gravity, headspace oxygen – with PhD-level microbiologists working in the lab.

2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

International Bitterness Unit
w:International Bitterness Units

(beer) Initialism of International Bitterness Unit: a measure of the bitterness of beer


bragget

From Middle English bragot, braket, from Middle Welsh bragawd, bragaut, bragod, from brag (“malt”).

You have in draughts of Darby drill'd your men,
And we have serv'd there, armed all in ale,
With the brown bowl, and charg'd in bragget stale […]

1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640, →OCLC:

(obsolete) A liquor made of fermented ale and honey with spices.

mead

alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water


taplash

(obsolete, UK, dialect) Small beer of bad quality.


barley wine

barley wine (countable and uncountable, plural barley wines)

A kind of strong ale originating in England.


12-ounce curls

From the size of common beer containers (bottles and cans) in the United States: 12 ounces + curls, a weightlifting exercise. The notion is of lifting a can of beer to one's lips repeatedly.

Don't burn out your biceps with 12-ounce curls.

2006 June, Scott Quill, “Muscle Bulletin: Pass the Bar”, in Men's Health, →ISSN:

(idiomatic) The activity of drinking beer.


tripel

tripel (countable and uncountable, plural tripels)

A kind of strong pale ale from the Low Countries.


pale ale

pale ale (countable and uncountable, plural pale ales)

(alcoholic beverages) A beer that uses a warm fermentation and predominantly pale malt, resulting in a lighter colour.


gose

gose (countable and uncountable, plural goses)

From German Gose, the name of the beer, from the name of the river Gose which flows through Goslar and from which its brewers took water to make it.

I would happily drink beer with a Chicago-style dog. Pilsener, Kölsch or gose would be my choices, but your own favorite style will also make a great combination.

2022 July 21, Eric Kim, “Welcome to Chicago, Hot Dog Town, U.S.A.”, in The New York Times:

A beer brewed since the 16th century, in Goslar and later Leipzig, with malted wheat, salt, and coriander.


Newkie Brown

Newkie Brown (countable and uncountable, plural Newkie Browns)


zythology

Coined from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos, “type of beer”) + English -logy (suffix indicating a branch of learning or the study of a particular subject).

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Beer and cheese, it turns out, are a classic and timeless combination. […] Yet combining the two in creative and inventive ways is a new phenomenon, according to [Nicolas] Soenen. It has come about in the past five years with the advent of a handful of zythology courses launched in Belgium that are designed to create "beer sommeliers".

2013 August 16, Giovanna Dunmall, “Making a strong case for pairing beer and cheese”, in South China Morning Post, Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-15:

Don't worry if the word "zythological" is unfamiliar, though. It's a made up word. "It just means being crazy about beer," said [Michael] DiFabio, 38, adding that the word is a takeoff from zythos, a blend of hops, and zythology, the study of beer and beer making.

2015 September 15, Adam Littman, “Longtime friends brew up business at Fortside: Prairie High School grads to hold grand opening for Fortside Brewing this week”, in The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.: Columbian Publishing Co., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-07-27:

From Acarology to Zythology, all of science is developing digital artifacts for use in research; all are branching into the realm of design science research; all are becoming, at least partly, sciences of the artificial.

2021, Veda C. Storey, Richard L. Baskerville, “The Digital Science Field of Design Science Research”, in Leona Chandra Kruse, Stefan Seidel, Geir Inge Hausvik, editors, The Next Wave of Sociotechnical Design: 16th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2021, Kristiansand, Norway, August 4–6, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; LNCS 12807), Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 351:

The world-class brewery, based in Quebec, Canada, has been delighting zythology enthusiasts since 1992.

2021 August 3, Maria Sonnenberg, “Best bets for Aug. 13–19: Concerts, wine and beer dinners, space memorabilia sale”, in Florida Today, Viera, Fla.: Gannett Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-08-03:


helles

On the other hand, the brewing and fermentation processes that turn these straightforward materials into a helles are complex and very precise— brewing a helles is pure haute école. Some of the more robust beers can be somewhat forgiving ...

2000, Horst D. Dornbusch, Bavarian Helles: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes, Brewers Publications, →ISBN, page 2:

I never re-pitch yeast into a helles. Only when I make bock, which is more robust, will I pitch yeast out of another fermenter.

2005, The New Brewer, volumes 22-23, page 32:

... which Bennewitz discovered were all the rage in the nascent craft beer movement (ales would have taken significantly less time to make); and the lagers they did brew, including a helles, a schwarzbier (or dark lager), and a pilsner, were not ...

2013, Tom Acitelli, The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN:

Similar in flavor to a pilsner, helles are usually a little bit sweeter and drier in finish, as well as slightly maltier. They are not heavily hopped, instead focusing on barley flavors and mild, bready notes. CraftBeer.com calls the helles a […]

2014, Corey Herschberger, Brew It!: 25 Great Recipes and Techniques to Brew at Home, Fox Chapel Publishing, →ISBN, page 83:

A type of lightly-hopped pale lager traditionally produced in southern Germany.


black beer

en-noun

black beer (countable and uncountable, plural black beers)


Eisbock

Eisbock (countable and uncountable, plural Eisbocks)

A traditional specialty beer of the Kulmbach district of Germany, made by partially freezing a doppelbock and removing the water ice to concentrate the flavour and alcohol content.


spruce beer

spruce beer (countable and uncountable, plural spruce beers)

German Sprossenbier. Sprosse (“sprout, shoot”) was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia, or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce.

(Canada, US) A spruce-flavored soft drink.


bheer

bheer (countable and uncountable, plural bheers)

No less important to fannish than mundane drinking, this useful beverage is even given divine honors by the sect of Beeros and worshipped as either Beer or Bheer. (The latter substance is also used in celebrating certain mysteries of the Ghuist religion.)

1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, B(H)EER:

I miss tomato juice in glass bottles and I miss Heilemann's Special Export bheer.

1966 November, Dean A. Grennell, “A Pilgrim in Never-Never Country”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 4, page 20:

But this misses the point that "bheerish" drinkers don't necessarily go to pubs for the bheer. I can drink a bhottle of bheer at home a lot cheaper than I can bhuy it in a pub, but I can't get the experience of socializing with a group of other bheer-drinkers. And even if the pub serves ghood bheer, the presence of the 100 gin/whisky/CocaCola^([sic])/springwater "multi-genre" drinkers may make it sufficiently difficult to find the other 5 bheer fans in the crowd, that it dilutes the bheerish experience and makes it more worth my while saving my bheer budget for going down the road to the other pub that may have a smaller selection of bheer but a higher concentration of the people I want to drink with.

1997 October 12, Morris M. Keesan, “Re: Declining Attendance at Cons?”, in alt.fandom.cons (Usenet), message-ID <3443316c.1023995@news.std.com>:

Correct me, but I think the 4 fannish food groups are sugar, chocolate, grease and caffiene^([sic]). Bheer doesn't fit in here unless you put chocolate in with sugar.

2003 April 2, Kathy Gallagher, “Is Bheer really one of the 4 fannish food groups”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <v8m5t8iddt0050@corp.supernews.com>:


witbier

witbier (countable and uncountable, plural witbiers)

A top-fermented barley/wheat beer brewed mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands.


oat soda

oat soda (countable and uncountable, plural oat sodas)


near beer

near beer (countable and uncountable, plural near beers)

That which we now have, and called near beer, with less than a half per cent of alcohol, is not drinkable, it is not palatable, it is not good, it is no part of a meal, nor can it be made a part of a meal.

1924, “Proposed Modification of the Prohibition Law to Permit the Manufacture, Sale and Use of 2.75 Per Cent Beverages: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session”, in Barrel and Box and Packages, volume 21:

Maybe that near beer was nearer than he thought.

2016, "Lawmakers wade into debate over grocery store beer," Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press
A bill moving through the state Legislature would allow more grocery stores to sell beer stronger than 3.2 percent alcohol, or “near beer.”

Any of a class of malt liquors that contain so little alcohol (usually less than 0.5%) that they will not produce intoxication.


light-struck

en-adj

light-struck (comparative more light-struck, superlative most light-struck)

more light-struck (comparative)
most light-struck (superlative)

From light (noun) + struck (participial adjective).

affix

(of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to catalyze a chemical process ultimately producing a thiol (MBT) from isohumulone.


Corona

All ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).
* (Corona, California): From Spanish corona (“crown, wreath”), chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town.
* (Corona, New Mexico):
* (Corona, South Dakota): May be a transfer from Corona, Queens.
* (Corona, Queens): One theory is that it was renamed by music producer Benjamin W. Hitchcock, a developer who renamed the area in 1872 and sold off land for residential development. Another theory is that real estate developer Thomas Waite Howard, who became the first postmaster in 1872, petitioned to have the post office name changed to Corona in 1870, suggesting that it was the “crown of Queens County”. A third theory is that it is derived from the crown used as an emblem by the Crown Building Company, which is said to have developed the area. The Italian immigrants who moved into the new housing stock referred to the neighborhood by Italian corona or Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (surname): 1. From Spanish corona and Italian corona (“crown”), perhaps applied as a habitational name for someone who lived in a house with this sign, or as a nickname for someone who had a tonsure in fulfillment of a religious vow or who had influence and power. 2. From Italian Corona, a female given name, of the same derivation.
* (given name): From Late Latin Corōna, meaning “crown”.
* (beer): From Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (coronavirus): Clipping of coronavirus, from corona + virus.
* (cigar): From Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), the name of a brand.

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LuLaRoe is laying off 167 employees at a warehouse in Corona, California, on December 20, according to a company filing. […] LuLaRoe confirmed the closing to Business Insider and said it will maintain separate offices in Corona that serve as its headquarters.

2019 October 28, Hayley Peterson, “LuLaRoe plans to lay off 167 warehouse workers amid legal battle”, in Business Insider:

Riverside County
Riverside County#English

A place in the United States:
A city in Riverside County, California.

An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.

An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri.


purple nasty

en-noun

purple nasty (countable and uncountable, plural purple nasties)

From the drink's typical color, cloyingly sweet taste, and propensity to induce vomiting.

(UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.


snakey B

snakey B (countable and uncountable, plural snakey Bs)


Dog

The figurative sense "Newcastle Brown Ale" comes from the euphemism "I'm going to walk the dog" or "I'm going to see a man about a dog", meaning "I'm going to the pub for a drink". This was further popularised by a 1980s advertising campaign.

(astronomy, with definite article) The Dog Star; Sirius.


gatter

But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.

Bet the Coaley's Daughter (traditional song)

(UK, slang, obsolete) Porter or other beer, or by extension any alcoholic drink.


Rocky Mountain Kool-Aid

Rocky Mountain Kool-Aid (plural Rocky Mountain Kool-Aids)

The beer was originally only available in Colorado.


BMC

(US, beer) Initialism of Budweiser, Miller, Coors. (big three American macrobreweries)


reeb

reeb (countable and uncountable, plural reebs)

Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab."

1851, Henry Mayhew, “Habits and Amusements of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 11:

It is still in considerable vogue, and the enquirer will at times hear some good examples—though the chances are a hundred to one against his ever understanding them. A couple which were interpreted for my benefit were: "Hi, yob, kool that enif elrig with the nael ekom. Sap her a top of reeb and a tib of occobat," and "Islema, ogda the opperca." After the reader has sufficiently puzzled over these hieroglyphics he or she may be glad to learnt hat the quotations respectively mean: "Hi, boy, look at that fine girl with the lean moke. Pass her a pot of beer and a bit of tobacco," and "Misle, dog the copper!"

1912 May 11, A. J. Heighway, “Whitechapel”, in The Evening Post (New Zealand), volume LXXXIII, number 112, page 9:


zythophile

From Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos, “barley beer”) + -phile.

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Downtown Riverhead is the ultimate watering hole for zythophiles, those who particularly enjoy a cold pint, with several craft breweries within walking distance of each other (or should we say, stumbling distance?).

2019 May 1, Nicole Teitler, “North Fork Brewing Stokes Craft Beer Trend: Converting former firehouse to a house of hops”, in The Independent, volume 26, number 33, East Hampton, NY, page B15:


Journey into Space

From the 1953–1958 BBC Radio science fiction programme Journey into Space.

It had been an enormous Rabelaisian bender which had taken place in the old teaching hospital in Newcastle. Huge quantities of Newcastle Brown ale, an extremely dangerous dark amber fluid known locally as ‘journey into space’ had been consumed.

2006, Peter Tate, SeaSickness, Lulu, page 30:

His other memory had been hearing people talking about ‘a journey into space’ which was how they described their local beer, Newcastle Brown! He didn’t drink, he wasn’t old enough but he remembered the saying. He had even seen the horse drawn drays carrying barrels of beer from pub to pub. ‘Journey into Space’ after an Allibone lecture was something you didn’t forget.

2012, Ralph Hill, Simon's Return, AuthorHouse, page 168:

Bobby taught woodwork at the High School, and was one of the few teachers Stan got on with. He was a Geordie exile, who still referred to Newcastle Brown Ale as "Journey into Space".

2013, Mike Brown, Thrilling, Sweet and Rotten, AuthorHouse, page 27:


chibuli

Of unknown origin, but probably derived from or influenced by the brand name Chibuku Shake Shake.

In between downing innumerable chibulies [cold beers] at the above outstanding pub, Messrs Hulley, Geddes and Dennison decided that the showgrounds would be just about adequate accommodation for the baby battalion, so the move was undertaken in early November.

1989, The War Diaries of André Dennison, page 18:

Those brown boot bastards are already in the club sucking up a chibuli," Ormonde growled.

2013, Douglas Hubbard, Jr., Bound for Africa: Cold War Fight Along the Zambezi:

"Sure. Garikayi!" he called. "Bring some fucking cold chibulis here."


bummock

For the sense relating to alcohol: from or cognate to Scots bummock (“a brewing of drink; the liquor so brewed”), perhaps from Scots bummie, bummo, a vessel for holding liquid, itself perhaps from Old Norse, compare Icelandic bumba (“drum”).
For the sense relating to ice, perhaps compare how keel can mean either a similar ice structure or a brewer's vat.


double India pale ale

en-noun

double India pale ale (countable and uncountable, plural double India pale ales)

A stronger, more hoppy variety of India pale ale.


whip-belly

From whip + belly. In reference to its effect on the stomach.

Whip-belly — Thin, poor, or weak liquor. Ex. She's a regular skinflint, and supplies her customers with whip-belly,

[1866, J. Ellet Brogden, Provincial Words and Expressions Current in Lincolnshire, page 223:

(Lincolnshire, obsolete) Poor quality (weak or sour) beer.


whistle-belly vengeance

While East was making his toilet, Tom turned to the table, and made an assault on the bread and bacon, and then poured himself out a glass of beer and began to drink it, but was pulled up half way, and put it down with a face all drawn up into puckers by its sharpness.¶ "I thought you wouldn't appreciate the widow's tap," said East, watching him with a grin. "Regular whistle-belly vengeance, and no mistake! Here, I don't mind giving you some of my compound, though you don't deserve it."

1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1883, page 449:


belly vengeance

Many of them were off almost as soon as they came; the taste of her small beer was quite sufficient to get them going throughout all the neighbourhood. It obtained the name of belly vengeance, and belly vengeance it truly is.

1833, Rev. Rowland Hill, “Dialogue XLIL: Alderman Greedy's Character”, in Village Dialogues, 29th edition, volume 2, London: T. T. & J. Tegg, page 266:

Aw, my dear! sich sour maggoty bread, and sich ratten stinking bickies, and sich sour belly-vengeance beer, when we cud git any.

c. 1860, John Tabois Tregellas, “California”, in Cornish Tales, page 66:

Tea an' coffee are things 'at dooant mend wi' warmin up, an' yo connot allus wait woll fowk mak it, an' soa if yo want to sup yo mun awther goa an' beg a drop o' watter, or pay fourpence for a glass o' belly vengeance, or yo mun get a glass o'drink—but yo've noa need to get a dozzen.

c. 1890, John Hartley, “New Machinery &c.”, in Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series:

(obsolete, British slang) Poor-quality, sour beer likely to cause a stomachache.


whip-belly vengeance

Ay, Madam, strong of the Water; I believe the Brewer forgot the Malt, or the River was too near him: Faith, it is mere Whip-Belly-Vengeance; he that drinks most has the worst Share.

1738, Jonathan Swift, “Dialogue II”, in Polite Conversation, published 1892, page 158:


stitch-back

Among the promiscuous Assembly of broken Extravagants, a slovenly Sot sits puffing at the Board in a woollen Night cap, so disguis'd with Dirt, & his Hands & Face with Nastiness, that he look'd like the Cook of a Newcastle Collier just slept on Shore to enter an Action against his Master for wages. A second in his slip shoes, and ungarter'd stockings, like a Journey Man Taylor jumpt of the Board for a Halfpenny Roll & a pint of Tow^([sic]) Penny Stich-Back.

1709, Edward Ward, “The Broken Shop-Keepers' Club”, in The History of the London Clubs, London: J. Dutten, published 1896, page 19:


maibock

From German Maibock (literally “May bock beer”).

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Compared with the winter bocks, maibocks also tend to have slightly more hop bitterness and hop flavor from noble Bavarian hop ...

2011, Garrett Oliver, The Oxford Companion to Beer, →ISBN, page 558:

A lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.


sessionable

en-adj

sessionable (comparative more sessionable, superlative most sessionable)

more sessionable (comparative)
most sessionable (superlative)

I enjoyed many of the lagers during my week's stay and can personally attest to their highly sessionable nature.

2017, Jennifer Talley, Session Beers: Brewing for Flavor and Balance, page 79:

(informal, of beer) Suitable for drinking over an extended period of time, due to low alcohol content.


Zoigl

en-noun

Zoigl (countable and uncountable, plural Zoigls)

The first documented example of the word "zeigl" occurs in a 1508 document at Neustadt an der Waldnaab, having derived from the German "Zeichen" meaning Sign or Sigil, or "zeigen" meaning Show. It was pronounced "zeigel" in the Oberpfalz region. Today the word "Zoigl" is still in use and has given its name to this style of beer production.

Zoigl may be top or bottom fermented, but is is usually amber to dark brown, full bodied, unfiltered, dry, and served on draft.

1996, Stephen Snyder, The Beer Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Finest, →ISBN, page 22:

The Zoigl, too, is a contagion.

2016, Jeff Rice, Craft Obsession: The Social Rhetorics of Beer, →ISBN, page 67:

Because of the processes used, and with each of the brewers having their own recipes, every Zoigl is different.

2018, Mark Dredge, The Beer Bucket List, →ISBN:

A type of beer brewed in the Oberpfalz in north-eastern Bavaria, Germany, between Franconia and the Czech Republic.


hop-forward

en-adj

hop-forward (comparative more hop-forward, superlative most hop-forward)

more hop-forward (comparative)
most hop-forward (superlative)

Of a beer, having hop characters most prominent in the flavour profile.


malt-forward

malt-forward (comparative more malt-forward, superlative most malt-forward)

more malt-forward (comparative)
most malt-forward (superlative)

Of a beer, having malt characters most prominent in the flavour profile.


imperial India pale ale

en-noun

imperial India pale ale (countable and uncountable, plural imperial India pale ales)

double India pale ale
double India pale ale#English


sixtel

(US, beer) A keg that is one sixth of a barrel (5 1⁄6 gallons).


easy-drinking

en-adj

easy-drinking (comparative more easy-drinking, superlative most easy-drinking)

more easy-drinking (comparative)
most easy-drinking (superlative)

(colloquial, of beer) Smooth or easy to drink.


Steinie

“Fish and chips and a Steinie, please. Make that extra chips. Oh yeah, and calamari rings, too. And tell Wiremu I'll come back there and cook it myself if it's more than ten minutes. Okay?”

2005, Jennifer Fulton, A Guarded Heart (Moon Island Series; 4), Bold Strokes Books, published 2017, →ISBN, page unknown:

(informal, New Zealand) A bottle or serving of Steinlager beer.


Tets

Clipping of Tetley's, the brewery which formerly produced the beer, from Tetley + -'s (possessive suffix).

A good pint of Tetleys pulled through the auto vac system, which meant pulling three or four pints to create a single pint, was second to none. Outside Yorkshire, and going south, this system was used infrequently and, consequently, a pint of Tets served elsewhere would be very ordinary.

1990 October 6, Osman, “Re: The North - South Divide”, in free.uk.pubs (Usenet):

(UK, informal) A bottle or serving of Tetley's beer.


festbier

en-noun

festbier (countable and uncountable, plural festbiers)

Families and children are welcome at the Oktoberfest celebrations on Sundays in October. These are not sloppy, beat-the-clock swill fests, but rather a time for people to enjoy good company in the warm glow of a few mugs of festbier and […]

2010, Lew Bryson, Pennsylvania Breweries, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 155:

XPA might have longevity, but OktoberFish (6% ABV) is a frequent contender for the most popular Flying Fish. European malt, hops, and yeast pay tribute to the classic German festbiers, and its alluring reddish color makes it hard to resist.

2014, Ben Keene, The Great Northeast Brewery Tour: Tap into the Best Craft Breweries in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 121:

Drink seasonally (festbiers and pumpkin ales, etc.) with local McMenamins brewers.

2014, Brian Yaeger, Oregon Breweries, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 386:


beerful

en-adj

beerful (comparative more beerful, superlative most beerful)

more beerful (comparative)
most beerful (superlative)

David has decided to walk home tonight, rather than ride with Skippy as planned: he wants to walk off the huge supper that still sits heavy in him and the postgame beers that have bloated him. He releases a prodigious, beerful belch that earns him a pat on the back from Simon and evokes a “Simon, for God's sake!” from Nancy in the kitchen window.

2007, Peter Scott, Barter Island, Camden, ME: Down East Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

(rare) Full of beer; having drunk a lot of beer.


dry hop

en-verb

dry hop (third-person singular simple present dry hops, present participle dry hopping, simple past and past participle dry hopped)

dry hops (present singular third-person)
dry hopping (participle present)
dry hopped (participle past)
dry hopped (past)

→ Dutch: drooghoppen (calque)

To infuse beer with hops during the later stages of the brewing process.

drooghoppen

infuse with hops during later stages of brewing


Grodziskie

From Polish piwo grodziskie (“Grodzisk beer”), from the town of Grodzisk Wielkopolski where it was traditionally brewed.

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However, the brewery has yet to take up the challenge of brewing a Grodziskie, a top-fermented, smoked wheat beer, once widely drunk in the region and now all but died out.

2013, Tim Hampson, editor, World Beer, →ISBN, page 136:

Krebs's finest went above and beyond by not only tracking down an original Grodziskie yeast strain from Poland, but also convincing Germany's Weyermann Malts to introduce oak-smoked wheat malt. Add Polish Lublin hops and you have the closest thing to the last historical Grodziskies.

2015, Jeff Alworth, The Beer Bible, →ISBN, page 351:

A top-fermenting ale from Poland brewed with smoked wheat malt.


beer cellar

An underground bar, typically in German-speaking countries, that specialises in beers.


seshy

en-adj

seshy (comparative more seshy, superlative most seshy)

more seshy (comparative)
most seshy (superlative)

From sesh + -y (“diminutive, adjective”), from session.

(beer, colloquial) Sessionable (easy-drinking, mild).


IPL

en-noun

IPL (countable and uncountable, plural IPLs)

India pale lager
India pale lager#English

(beer, countable) Initialism of India pale lager.


wheat beer

wheat beer (countable and uncountable, plural wheat beers)

A top-fermented beer brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley.


breakfast stout

breakfast stout (countable and uncountable, plural breakfast stouts)

A dark stout made with ingredients associated with breakfast, such as oats and coffee.


oud bruin

oud bruin (countable and uncountable, plural oud bruins)

From Dutch oud bruin (“old brown”), referring to the long aging process, up to a year.

Some oud bruins are also flavored with raspberry or cherry.

1996, Stephen Snyder, The Beer Companion: A Connoisseur’s Guide to the World's Finest Craft Beers, Quintet Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 18:

Markowski has produced characteristically tart and acidic Flanders red ales, oud bruins, and lambics using both stainless steel and wooden barrels and finds, quite naturally, the best results come when using wood.

2005, Jeff Sparrow, Wild Brews: Beer Beyond the Influence of Brewer’s Yeast, Brewers Publications, →ISBN:

Oud bruins are often referred to as the slightly maltier cousin of the Flanders red.[…]Unlike its red cousin, oud bruins typically don’t spend much time in oak or take on as much oak character, although they are aged for several months, if not a full year.

2015, Ashley Routson, “Sour and Barrel-Aged Beers”, in The Beer Wench’s Guide to Beer: An Unpretentious Guide to Craft Beer, Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 92:

A style of beer that undergoes a secondary fermentation, which takes several weeks to a month, and is followed by bottle aging for several more months, which allows residual yeast and bacteria to develop a sour flavor characteristic for this style.


kellerbier

kellerbier (countable and uncountable, plural kellerbiers)

From German Kellerbier (literally “cellar beer”), referring to its cool lagering temperatures.

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In addition to helles, Bavarian brewers offer dark and earthy dunkels, yeasty kellerbiers and strong and malty bocks and doppelbocks,[…].

Amber and cloudy, like all kellerbiers, the Flensburger version is full-bodied and tastes naturally fresh, slightly sweet, and has a dry finish.

Hazy on the eye and full of fruity esters, much of kellerbier’s colour (similar to a märzen) and body comes from caramelised malt, while a healthy hopping gives the beer its quenching crisp dryness and sprightly aromatics.

2009, World’s Best Beers: 1000 Unmissable Brews from Portland to Prague, Jacqui Small:

Nowadays, kellerbiers are invariably fermented and conditioned in closed stainless steel fermenters, especially when they are bottled or kegged for shipment to distant markets.[…]Enthusiasts, especially in Franconia, feel that kellerbiers make great aperitifs when served to stimulate the appetite before dinner.

2011, Garrett Oliver, editor, The Oxford Companion to Beer, Oxford University Press, page 513:

A type of German beer, a lager, which is typically neither clarified nor pasteurised.


märzenbier

en-noun

märzenbier (countable and uncountable, plural märzenbiers)

From German Märzenbier (literally “March beer”); see märzen for an explanation.

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Technically as well as historically, there is a great deal of overlap in the specifications of märzenbier, Vienna lager, and oktoberfestbier; and brewers around the world do not apply these designations consistently on their labels.

2011, Garrett Oliver, editor, The Oxford Companion to Beer, Oxford University Press, page 574:

I imagine that the märzenbiers of the nineteenth century looked like Free State’s—deep amber, like a medium-grade maple syrup.

2015, Jeff Alworth, The Beer Bible, New York, N.Y.: Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 448:

These yeasts are used in the crisp, easy-drinking lagers that would become very popular in the United States as cold brewing and cold storage options improved in the 1870s, as well as straw-colored, Bohemian pilsners and the pale lagers and medium-bodied, amber-hued märzenbiers from Germany.

2017, Alicia Underlee Nelson, “Common Ale, Enlisted Men and Hurdy-Gurdy Girls: Worlds Collide in Dakota Territory, 1738–1871”, in North Dakota Beer: A Heady History, American Palate, page 16:


märzen

en-noun

märzen (countable and uncountable, plural märzens)

From German Märzen(bier) (literally “March beer”). A decree issued in 1553 by Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, forbid all brewing between 23 April and 29 September, preventing brewing during the warm season, when, unbeknown to medievals, ambient bacteria would often infect the Bavarians’ beers and quickly spoil them. Brewers, therefore, worked overtime in March to make enough beer, which was usually brewed slightly stronger than regular beer and stored cool, i.e., lagered, so it would keep better, to last until fall.

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For all of the Oktoberfests to be found around the land, there is still precious little märzen being brewed in North America’s microbreweries. This paucity of märzen is a shame, too, because it is the ideal beer style for the season and is especially appropriate for Oktoberfest celebrations.

1995, Stephen Beaumont, A Taste for Beer, page 76:

Märzens have become lighter in recent years, looking more like pilsners than the autumnal-hued beauties they once were. For a rich, traditional märzen, consider a base of pilsner malt with up to 50 percent Munich or a blend of Munich, Vienna, and pilsner.

2017, Jeff Alworth, The Secrets of Master Brewers: Techniques, Traditions, and Homebrew Recipes for 26 of the World’s Classic Beer Styles, Storey Publishing, page 79:

A lager originating in Bavaria, which has a medium to full body and may vary in color from pale through amber to dark brown and is traditionally served at the Munich Oktoberfest.

Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
Garrett Oliver
Oxford University Press
The Oxford Companion to Beer


coldbeer

“Or a least a coldbeer.” “What?” “A new hat or a few coldbeers,” he said. “One of the two, that’s what I need.”

2003, Bob Cherry, Little Rains, One Eyed Press, →ISBN, page 139:

“You ain’t got a coldbeer in your cooler?” “Yes sir.” “Ja? Well, bring it out, yet! Bring out the coldbeer and tell me the trouble with this fickle son of a bitch.”

2003, Andrew Geyer, Whispers in Dust and Bone, Texas Tech University Press, →ISBN, page 12:

“Coldbeer! Anybody need a coldbeer!”[…]“Then let me get you another coldbeer for your walk,” C.C. said.

2015, David Beckwith, Nancy Beckwith, A Narcotic Conspiracy: A Will and Betsy Black Adventure, Whiz Bang LLC:


schwarzbier

en-noun

schwarzbier (countable and uncountable, plural schwarzbiers)

From German Schwarzbier (literally “black beer”).

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Heralded for their dark colors and bittersweet chocolate flavors, schwarzbiers are represented on U.S. shores by Köstritzer Black Beer, imported by Friedlin & Assoc. Inc.

These black lagers had flavor all right, but none of them were real schwarzbiers.

Once, at a traditional charcoal-making plant, I got a bottle of schwarzbier, a kind of black lager, and another day, just east of the former East Germany–West Germany border, I happened on Kukki’s Erbsensuppe, a roadside stand selling bowls of thick split-pea soup with bacon that had opened just after reunification.

2013, Matt Gross, The Turk Who Loved Apples: And Other Tales of Losing My Way Around the World, Da Capo Press, →ISBN:

A dark lager that has an opaque, black colour with hints of chocolate or coffee flavours, and is generally around 5% ABV, similar to stout in that it is made from roasted malt, which gives it its dark colour.


sour beer

The classic sour beer styles include the German Berliner Weisse, and the Belgian Oud Bruin, Flanders Red, and lambic beers.

2011, Garrett Oliver, editor, The Oxford Companion to Beer, OUP USA, →ISBN, page 744:

Beer which has an intentionally acidic, tart, or sour taste.


Gansett

en-prop

Gansett (countable and uncountable, plural Gansetts)

She told him that she lived in “Gansett” too. (Narragansett) and told him all the Narragansett news.

2012, Aline Coutu, The House That Jack Built, Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 46:

Walk under the archway of the Towers, the iconic symbol of Gansett!

2022, Charlotte Rygh, “Narragansett”, in Shrimp ‘n Lobster: A New England Adventure, Oakland: Collective Book Studio, →ISBN, page 109:

(uncountable) Clipping of Narragansett (town in Rhode Island).

Tell the man to “draw” you a glass of Gansett—Be as critical as you like. Your beer will be Gansett ever after.

1906 September 21, The News-Democrat, volume 1, number 112, Providence, →OCLC, advertisement, page 8:

Every time somebody said “disgraced boy-toy,” we each chugged a 'Gansett.

2015, Bruce DeSilva, A Scourge of Vipers, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 238:

Later in the day, while Daniel was outside readying his illegal fireworks for mischief on the Fourth, Pa shouted at him from the living room, where he was watching the Sox and guzzling Gansetts.

2022, Frank Porter, What Now, Lieutenant, Austin: River Grove Books, →ISBN:

Narragansett
w:Narragansett Brewing Company

(countable, uncountable) Clipping of Narragansett (brand of beer).

There were two tracks in Rhode Island: Narragansett Park in Pawtucket and Lincoln Downs in Lincoln. […] The only time anyone heard the words chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry in that building was if it was a horse running in a race at “Gansett” or Lincoln.

2009, Jake Jones, Blueberry Hill, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

'Gansett gained a footnote in racing history when it buried Charlie Boy, the most popular horse since Brass Monkey, in its infield.

2009, Robert Temple, The Pilgrims Would Be Shocked: the History of Thoroughbred Racing in New England, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 48:

(uncountable) Clipping of Narragansett Park (former horse racing track in Pawtucket, Rhode Island).


frostie

Nothing was really said until Glenn McGrath walked in. He sat down, noticed Warnie with a frostie and asked, ‘What the hell are you doing with a beer?’ Warnie replied, ‘Bowling day, mate—just finishing the day with a beer.’

2012, Gideon Haigh, On Warne, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page unknown:

(US, Australia, slang) A chilled glass or can of beer.


invalid stout

en-noun

invalid stout (countable and uncountable, plural invalid stouts)

(Australia) A type of dry (non-sweet) stout formerly believed to have various restorative, nourishing, tonic, or other medicinal properties and hence recommended to people suffering poor health.


steam beer

steam beer (countable and uncountable, plural steam beers)

A kind of beer made by fermenting lager yeast at a higher temperature than normal.


steinie

A 330 ml bottle in which beer is packaged for sale.


dry-hopped

en-adj

dry-hopped (comparative more dry-hopped, superlative most dry-hopped)

more dry-hopped (comparative)
most dry-hopped (superlative)

Of beer, having had hops added directly added while fermenting.


needle beer

en-noun

needle beer (countable and uncountable, plural needle beers)

So called because a needle could be used to inject alcohol into the cask.

Alcoholic beer made illicitly by adding alcohol to near beer.


merisa

From Juba Arabic meriisa, from Sudanese Arabic مريسة (marīsa).

Many of the Sudan women earned cash by making the local merisa beer, weaving mats and rugs and tanning skins for sale in the local markets.

1975, United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa, Employment of Women in the Sudan: Paper:

a form of millet beer popular in South Sudan