malt liquor

malt liquor ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for malt liquor on Thesaurus.com noun

1. beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8 percent.

Origin of malt liquor First recorded in 1685–95 Related Words for malt liquor lager, oil, ale, stout, suds, brew, chill, malt, brewski Examples from the Web for malt liquor Historical Examples of malt liquor

An aqueous infusion of malted grain which, after being boiled with hops, has undergone the vinous fermentation; malt-liquor.

Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I

Arnold Cooley

Next in importance are the tobacco, meat-packing, and malt-liquor industries.

Great Cities of the United States

Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth

They were having a rare set-to—rashers of bacon, wedges of cheese, with oceans of malt-liquor.

Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour

R. S. Surtees

British Dictionary definitions for malt liquor malt liquor noun

1. any alcoholic drink brewed from malt