craft beer

American  

[kraft beer] / ˈkræft ˌbɪər /

noun

• craft beers
  plural

1. an all-malt or nearly all-malt specialty beer usually brewed in a microbrewery.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• craft beers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of craft beer

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

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craft beer

California craft beer pioneer Stone Brewing will close three Escondido locations and lay off hundreds of workers as production moves to Paso Robles and Kansas City, Mo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

By 2018, the craft beer industry’s buzz was starting to wear off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Mark Rieth, former owner of a craft beer brewery that is a short walk from the riverfront, decided that Bedrock’s investment creates an opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

They won a craft beer competition in 2008 and a lucrative contract to supply Tesco supermarket.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

I’d long made noises about lawyers’ self-dealing—the stuff professors complain about over craft beer.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026