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Table beer, of a superior quality, may be brewed in the following manner, a process well worth the attention of the brewer, the gentleman and the farmer, whereby the beer is altogether prevented from working out of the cask, and the fermentation conducted without any apparent admission of the external air.

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  1. noun A fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and flavored with hops.
  2. noun A fermented beverage brewed by traditional methods that is then dealcoholized so that the finished product contains no more than 0.5 percent alcohol.
  3. noun A carbonated beverage produced by a method in which the fermentation process is either circumvented or altered, resulting in a finished product having an alcohol content of no more than 0.01 percent.
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  • But suggesting that they could offer her a beer was the only polite thing he could think of to say. —  Lunatics
  • “Christ, I can't believe how strong the beer is here The beer's stronger than magic,” I said. —  GUDMagazineIssue1::Autumn2007
  • Its called Yorkshire and the beer is actually drinkable, and the food is fit for Human consumption. —  A Very British Dude
  • The source of the beer was alleged to have been an unidentified adult who bought it for the teens at a local store. —  Local News
  • Tasting the beer is a pleasure you don't get over powered by the smokey taste at all. —  RVABlogs
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  1. Middle English ber, from Old English bēor, from West Germanic, probably from Latin bibere, to drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English bere, ber, from Anglo-Saxon beór = OFries. biar, bier = Dutch bier = Low German ber, beer = Old High German bior, Middle High German G. bier (later Italian birra = French bière); cf. Icelandic bjōrr, Irish Gaelic beoir, from Anglo-Saxon or English (the Scandinavian word is that cognate with English ale). Origin uncertain; some assume a loss of r from orig. *breór, from Anglo-Saxon breówan, etc., brew: see brew.
  2. from beer, n.
  3. from Middle English beere; from be + -er. Cf. forebear.
  4. from Dutch beer, a mole, pier.
 

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