LAGER BEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lager beer mean? 

• LAGER BEER (noun)
  The noun LAGER BEER has 1 sense:

1. a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

  Familiarity information: LAGER BEER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAGER BEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

lager; lager beer

Hypernyms ("lager beer" is a kind of...):

beer (a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lager beer"):

Munchener; Munich beer (a dark lager produced in Munich since the 10th century; has a distinctive taste of malt)

bock; bock beer (a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring)

light beer (lager with reduced alcohol content)

Octoberfest; Oktoberfest (a strong lager made originally in Germany for the Oktoberfest celebration; sweet and copper-colored)

Pilsener; Pilsner (a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen)

malt; malt liquor (a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer)