(a kind, portion, of) alcoholic drink made from malt, special plants (hops) and yeast
alcoholic beverage made from malted grain
Cases of word usage
1) (a portion of) a kind of light-coloured beer (ale)
2) a cereal plant and its seed (called grain) used for food and for making beer and whiskey (barley)
3) any sort of drink except water, e.g. milk, tea, wine, beer (beverage)
4) (a glass, can or bottle of) a kind of light beer (lager)
5) grain (usually barley), used to make beer etc (malt)
6) strong and not easily broken or worn out; determined and brave; (of a person) fat; a kind of strong, dark beer (stout)
7) a large drinking mud, especially one for beer (tankard)