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lager beer

la·ger·beer

uncommon dated

noun

1.

a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

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Origin

Partial calque of German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”).

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