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Collocations for beer - noun

ADJ.

excellent, good, great, quality | strong | alcohol-free, light, low-alcohol, no-alcohol | cold, ice-cold | warm | foaming
a glass of foaming ice-cold beer
black, blonde, dark | bottled, cask, draught, keg | flat
(= that the gas has gone out of)
stale
The pub smelled of stale beer.
home-brewed | designer
The shop specializes in designer beers.

QUANT.

litre, pint
I ordered half a pint of beer with my sandwich.
barrel, bottle, can, glass, keg, tankard | crate

VERB + BEER

drink
Do you drink beer?
have
Will you have a beer?
down
He downed his beer in one go.
gulp (at), sip (at), swig, take a gulp/sip/swig of | draw, pour (sb)
This beer should be drawn slowly. | He poured us all a beer.
order
I saw him at the bar ordering a beer.
go for
I''m going for a beer with Carl tonight.
brew | chill

BEER + VERB

chill
Put the beer in the fridge to chill.
foam | go flat | flow
(figurative) The beer flowed freely after the match.
slop
He slammed his glass down and the beer slopped over the sides.

BEER + NOUN

drinker, lover | maker | barrel, bottle, can, crate, glass, keg, mug, tankard | mat | festival | consumption, production, sales | cellar, garden
The pub has a beer garden round the back.
belly
He''s only twenty but he''s already got a beer belly (= a fat stomach from drinking too much beer).
money
Playing non-league football keeps him in beer money (= earns him enough money to buy beer, but he has to do another job to earn a living).

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