lager
1Also called lager beer . a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
to age (beer) usually by storing in tanks at just-below freezing temperatures for several weeks or months.
Origin of lager
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How to use lager in a sentence
While Montucky does offer its lager in 12-ounce cans, it’s mostly found in 16-ounce tallboys.
Britain’s National Health Service say men and women are advised not to drink more than 14 units a week on a regular basis, which is six pints of lager or a bottle and a half of wine.
It’s like the lager people would know, but with depth and flavor.
Senate, a classic D.C. beer, is on tap at Nationals Park this season | Scott Allen | April 15, 2021 | Washington PostUntil a few years ago, Craig Laughlin drank nothing but macro lagers when he was in the mood for a cold beverage.
Craig Laughlin will soon have a hat trick of beer collaborations, all for a good cause | Scott Allen | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostThen again, I’d likely have a breeze, a cold lager and a great view to distract me.
Popeyes’ new fish sandwich is a muted sequel to the chicken sandwich blockbuster of 2019 | Emily Heil | February 12, 2021 | Washington Post
I am sure that no one in a Gulag or Kanz-lager would have turned their nose up at some fresh poultry.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison | Daniel Genis | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOrder a cold lager and top it off with a mixed green salad and Pizza Diavolo.
Help it all down with one of the many home-brewed beers—the lager and seasonal Christmas beer disappeared quickly at our table.
The lager which is a feature now well known of African warfare, is the same thing in principle.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeIt's the same old story, so common—a champagne appetite and a lager beer pocketbook.
Step Lively! | George NibloGeneral Stevens at once had all the lager thrown into the road, and the wagons sent back for the abandoned rations.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) | Hazard StevensSteam beer and lager was five cents a glass and whiskey ten cents.
An American Hobo in Europe | Ben GoodkindHaight was the real head-man, but he was too fond of lager-beer to be in trusted with so large a business.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete | William T. Sherman
British Dictionary definitions for lager (1 of 2)
/ (ˈlɑːɡə) /
a light-bodied effervescent beer, fermented in a closed vessel using yeasts that sink to the bottom of the brew: Compare ale
Origin of lager
1British Dictionary definitions for lager (2 of 2)
/ (ˈlɑːɡə) /
a variant spelling of laager
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