beer

beer
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ good, great, quality
▪ cheap
▪ strong
▪ alcohol-free, light, low-alcohol, no-alcohol, non-alcoholic
▪ cold, ice-cold
▪ warm
▪ black, blonde, dark
▪ wheat
▪ craft, specialty (both AmE)
▪ domestic (esp. AmE), imported, local
▪ bottled, cask (BrE), draught/draft, keg
▪ flat (= that the gas has gone out of)
▪ stale
▪

The bar smelled of stale beer.

▪ home-brewed
▪ ginger, root (AmE)
… OF BEER
▪ pint (BrE)
▪

I ordered half a pint of beer with my sandwich.

▪ barrel, bottle, can, keg, pitcher (AmE)
▪ cup (AmE), glass, mug (AmE), tankard
▪ case (esp. AmE), crate (esp. BrE), six-pack
VERB + BEER
▪ drink
▪

Do you drink beer?

▪ have
▪

Will you have a beer?

▪ get, grab (esp. AmE)
▪ down
▪

He downed his beer in one go.

▪ chug (AmE), gulp, gulp at, guzzle, sip, sip at, swig
▪ take a gulp of, take a sip of, take a swig of
▪ draw, pour (sb)
▪

This beer should be drawn slowly.

▪

He poured us all a beer.

▪ spill
▪ buy (sb), order
▪

I saw him at the bar ordering a beer.

▪ sell, serve
▪ go for (BrE), go out for
▪

I'm going (out) for a beer with Carl tonight.

▪ brew
▪ chill
BEER + VERB
▪ chill
▪

I have some beers chilling in the cooler.

▪ go flat
▪ flow (figurative)
▪

The beer flowed freely after the game.

▪ spill
▪

He slammed his glass down and the beer spilled over the sides.

BEER + NOUN
▪ drinker, lover
▪ maker
▪ barrel, bottle, can, crate (esp. BrE), glass, keg, mug, stein (AmE), tankard
▪ coaster (AmE), mat (BrE)
▪ cooler (esp. AmE)
▪ festival
▪ consumption, production, sales
▪ ad (informal), advertisement, commercial
▪ cellar (BrE), garden
▪

Children are welcome in the beer garden.

▪ belly, gut (both informal)
▪

He's only twenty but he already has a beer belly.

▪ money
▪

Singing in bars keeps him in beer money (= earns him a little money).


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