beer Definition

beer
noun

1. An alcoholic drink brewed by the slow fermentation of malted cereal grains, usually barley, flavoured with hops, eg ale, lager and stout.
2. A glass, can or bottle of this drink.
3. Any other fermented drink, often non-alcoholic.

Example: ginger beer

Idiom: beer and skittles

(rit)
Fun; pleasure.
Example: It hasn't been all beer and skittles while you were away

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon beor.