ginger beer

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ginger beer

▶noun a cloudy effervescent drink made by fermenting a mixture of ginger and syrup.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beer/bɪə(r)/

▶noun an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavoured with hops.

■ used in names of certain other fermented drinks, e.g. ginger beer.

– phrases
beer and skittles Brit. amusement or enjoyment.

– derivatives
beerily adverb,
beeriness noun,
beery adjective.

– origin OE bēor, of W. Gmc origin, based on monastic L. biber ‘a drink’, from L. bibere ‘to drink’.