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

Scottish craft beer giant Brewdog expects to announce the sale of its business next week, the chief executive has said in an email to staff.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

Later, at Brasserie de Monaco, the principality’s craft beer brewery, I dawdled over a pint of Blonde de Monaco and fell into conversation with Nils, a Danish skipper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026