beeragen.
/ˈbɪərɪdʒ/ slang.
Brewers collectively, esp. those who are made into peers; the beer industry; also, the British peerage (viewed as containing a large number of brewers).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > brewer > body of brewers
brewery1698
brewership1824
beerocracy1881
beerage1891
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Dec. 1/3 The peerage is becoming the beerage.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 17 May 6/2 The following members of the Upper House are interested in Public House property... Another link..between the peerage and the beerage.
1958 Observer 14 Dec. 15/2 Mrs. Dot, the elegant, brewing millionairess—a figure of some social significance in 1908 when the capture of society by the beerage was not yet consolidated.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1891