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Definition of lager in English: lagernoun ˈlɑːɡəˈlɑɡər mass nounA kind of effervescent beer which is light in colour and body. a sought-after brand of lager count noun the English habit of sinking a few post-match lagers a free house with a wide range of lagers Example sentencesExamples - Austrian beer, such as the light lagers and heavier Bock - brewed for Christmas and Easter - is on par with the better known German varieties.
- You used to get offered a chaser with your lager, but that doesn't happen as much, if at all, now.
- Experts agree that it is easier to drink flat beers faster than fizzy beers such as lager.
- He said he had drunk around 13 vodkas and ten pints of lager during the day.
- Brewers use several methods to produce beers and lagers with low alcohol content.
- You can't eat a late night curry without a few pints of lager to wash it down.
- The offender continued his drinking consuming more cider, lager and a bottle of Martini.
- In some supermarkets it is possible to buy cans of lager and bottles of cider for less than a bottle of water.
- The brewery intends to turn round the fortunes of the English pint, which is facing tough opposition from chilled lagers and Irish ales.
- At this point, she was drinking cider, as lager was no longer giving her a quick enough kick.
- His stroke of luck came when he decided to brew the fashionable new lager instead of heavier traditional beers.
- I dream of a specialty beer store, with ales and lagers stored separately at proper temperature away from light and a cellar of aging beers.
- The two basic types of beer - ales and lagers - both consist of the same four ingredients: water, hops, yeast and malt.
- Winning the quiz, aside from the kudos and respect from your peers, nets you eight pints of beer or lager.
- He told officers that he had drunk ten pints of strong lager during a six-hour period leading up to the attacks.
- The majority of Mexican beers produced today are pale Pilsener lagers, light in color, flavor and hoppiness.
- Of the twenty most popular beers imported into the US, only three - Guinness Stout, Bass Ale and Newcastle Brown Ale - are not lagers.
- Beer, lager and cider were the most popular drinks but there was a sharp increase in alcopops drinkers.
- On the table in front of him he has a pint of lager, and a newspaper open at the sports section.
- Meanwhile, brewpubs continue to proliferate, broadening awareness of the stylistic range of beers beyond the light lagers offered by the mass domestic brewers.
Origin Mid 19th century: from German Lagerbier 'beer brewed for keeping', from Lager 'storehouse'. Compare with laager, lair1, and leaguer2. The fuller name for lager, no longer much used, is lager beer. It comes from German Lagerbier ‘beer brewed for keeping’, from Lager ‘storehouse’, which shares its root with an animal's lair (Old English), and also with lie (Old English). Since the 1980s we have had the lager lout, the young man who drinks too much and then behaves in an unpleasant or violent way. See also beer
Rhymes Aga, Braga, dagga, dargah, laager, naga, Onondaga, raga, saga Definition of lager in US English: lagernounˈlɑɡərˈläɡər A kind of beer, effervescent and light in color and body. a sought-after brand of lager count noun the English habit of sinking a few post-match lagers a free house with a wide range of lagers Example sentencesExamples - Of the twenty most popular beers imported into the US, only three - Guinness Stout, Bass Ale and Newcastle Brown Ale - are not lagers.
- Austrian beer, such as the light lagers and heavier Bock - brewed for Christmas and Easter - is on par with the better known German varieties.
- Meanwhile, brewpubs continue to proliferate, broadening awareness of the stylistic range of beers beyond the light lagers offered by the mass domestic brewers.
- The majority of Mexican beers produced today are pale Pilsener lagers, light in color, flavor and hoppiness.
- The offender continued his drinking consuming more cider, lager and a bottle of Martini.
- In some supermarkets it is possible to buy cans of lager and bottles of cider for less than a bottle of water.
- You can't eat a late night curry without a few pints of lager to wash it down.
- Beer, lager and cider were the most popular drinks but there was a sharp increase in alcopops drinkers.
- Experts agree that it is easier to drink flat beers faster than fizzy beers such as lager.
- His stroke of luck came when he decided to brew the fashionable new lager instead of heavier traditional beers.
- He told officers that he had drunk ten pints of strong lager during a six-hour period leading up to the attacks.
- Brewers use several methods to produce beers and lagers with low alcohol content.
- The two basic types of beer - ales and lagers - both consist of the same four ingredients: water, hops, yeast and malt.
- I dream of a specialty beer store, with ales and lagers stored separately at proper temperature away from light and a cellar of aging beers.
- The brewery intends to turn round the fortunes of the English pint, which is facing tough opposition from chilled lagers and Irish ales.
- You used to get offered a chaser with your lager, but that doesn't happen as much, if at all, now.
- On the table in front of him he has a pint of lager, and a newspaper open at the sports section.
- Winning the quiz, aside from the kudos and respect from your peers, nets you eight pints of beer or lager.
- At this point, she was drinking cider, as lager was no longer giving her a quick enough kick.
- He said he had drunk around 13 vodkas and ten pints of lager during the day.
Origin Mid 19th century: from German Lagerbier ‘beer brewed for keeping’, from Lager ‘storehouse’. Compare with laager, lair, and leaguer. |