lager beer

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 (synset 107903609)
    is a type of: beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
    subtypes:
    • munchener, munich beer - a dark lager produced in Munich since the 10th century; has a distinctive taste of malt
    • bock, bock beer - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
    • light beer - lager with reduced alcohol content
    • octoberfest, oktoberfest - a strong lager made originally in Germany for the Oktoberfest celebration; sweet and copper-colored
    • pilsener, pilsner - a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen
    • malt, malt liquor - a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer
    same as: lager

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