lager

¹ American  

[lah-ger, law-] / ˈlɑ gər, ˈlɔ- /

noun

1. Also called lager beer.  a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.

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verb (used with object)

1. to age (beer) usually by storing in tanks at just-below freezing temperatures for several weeks or months.

lager ² American  

[lah-ger] / ˈlɑ gər /

noun

South African.

1. laager.

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lager ¹ British  

/ ˈlɑːɡə /

noun

1. a light-bodied effervescent beer, fermented in a closed vessel using yeasts that sink to the bottom of the brew Compare ale

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lager ² British  

/ ˈlɑːɡə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of laager

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Etymology

Origin of lager

1835–45; short for lager beer, half adoption, half translation of German Lagerbier. See lair ¹, beer

Example Sentences

The team also evaluated two lagers from large Swiss breweries.

From Science Daily

Beloved in colonial America, hard cider lost favor in the mid-19th century as crisp lagers ascended; the temperance movement and Prohibition felled cider-apple trees.

From The Wall Street Journal

If your people are beer people, think versatile: an amber ale or clean lager, plus a solid N/A counterpart.Athletic makes good ones, though many skew hoppy, so keep your audience in mind.

From Salon

Foster's beer drinkers in the UK will soon find their lager's alcohol strength cut to 3.4%.

From BBC

Seemingly nonstop construction has since turned Amazon workers and various contractors into regulars at the watering hole, where Speelman now stocks Texas-made Shiner Bock lager to appeal to transplants.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• ale