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lager beer

lager beer

1 1.6
A beer with a clean, crisp taste usually served cold
  • noun
  • /ˈlɑːɡər bɪr/
translation icon : cerveza lager
  • Pull back to reveal that it is Early as he opens a bottle of Lucky Lager beer and takes a sip.
  • a bottle of lager beer
  • a cup of lager beer

Examples

  • We're going to talk about crisp lager beer.

  • Can I get a lager beer and a mineral water here, please?

    Eddie the Eagle (2016)

  • The lager beer is rather good.

    Bright Young Things (2003)

  • Cousin Flo mit the strudel and lager beer.

    There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

  • You see, Mr. Brodie, we brew the best lager beer in the United States, but the Ace Brewery people have everything rolled up tight.

    The Bowery (1933)

  • Exemplifying farm-to-table sensibilities, he uses student-grown vegetables, campus-raised beef, alumni-brewed lager beer, and locally grown olive oil in his creations.

    Blog text (12)

  • Joseph Conrad's comments on the Congo in his book Heart of Darkness (1902): "Where the jolly pioneers of progress drink the jolly lager beer" spring to mind.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Can I get a lager beer and a mineral water here, please?

  • Did you know that St. Louis was one of the first places where lager beer was made in the United States?

Synonyms

beer
vslager beer
∞ 1.0

A drink made from grains and hops that contains alcohol

is the specific kind brewed with bottom fermenting yeast and cold maturation
lager
vslager beer
18 2.3

A pale, light beer often served cold

emphasizes bottom fermenting yeast and cold maturation for a crisp clean taste
light beer
vslager beer
9 2.6

A kind of beer with less alcohol and fewer calories than regular beer

is normally matured cold for a crisp clean taste rather than reduced alcohol
malt liquor
vslager beer
  • US
7 4.8

A strong lager with more alcohol than regular beer

is a regular strength cold matured drink rather than one with very high alcohol
bock beer
vslager beer
1 7.8

A strong dark German beer people brew in autumn and keep until spring to drink

is generally pale and light and not always strong or dark
Munich beer
vslager beer
5.1

A dark lager from Munich with a rich malty taste

is more general and not tied to a specific city origin
Baltic porter
vslager beer
7.5

A dark, strong beer from countries near the Baltic Sea that is made in cool conditions and tastes rich

is generally lighter and paler rather than dark and strong in style

How Strong

lager beer
1 1.6
light beer
9 2.6

Surface Forms

lager beer singular
lager beers plural

Morphology

lager + beer

The meaning 'a type of beer made with bottom-fermenting yeast' is directly derivable from combining 'lager' (a beer fermented and conditioned at low temperatures) with 'beer' (a brewed beverage). 'Lager' already specifies the variety, so the compound simply names that variety and is immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Lager beer takes its name from the German word 'lagern', and lager means 'to store'. Brewers used to keep beer in cool caves or cellars to rest slowly, and that cold storage made the beer clean and crisp. That's why lager beer today means beer that is aged cold for a smooth, fresh taste.