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Collocations for beer - noun

ADJECTIVE

good, great, quality
cheap
strong
alcohol-free, light, low-alcohol, no-alcohol, non-alcoholic
cold, ice-cold
warm
black, blonde, dark
wheat
craft, specialty (both AmE)
domestic (esp. AmE), imported, local
bottled, cask (BrE), draught/draft, keg
flat (= that the gas has gone out of)
stale
The bar smelled of stale beer.
home-brewed
ginger, root (AmE)

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… OF BEER

pint (BrE)
I ordered half a pint of beer with my sandwich.
barrel, bottle, can, keg, pitcher (AmE)
cup (AmE), glass, mug (AmE), tankard
case (esp. AmE), crate (esp. BrE), six-pack

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VERB + beer

drink
Do you drink beer?
have
Will you have a beer?
get, grab (esp. AmE)
down
He downed his beer in one go.
chug (AmE), gulp, gulp at, guzzle, sip, sip at, swig
take a gulp of, take a sip of, take a swig of
draw, pour (sb)
This beer should be drawn slowly.
He poured us all a beer.
spill
buy (sb), order
I saw him at the bar ordering a beer.
sell, serve
go for (BrE), go out for
I'm going (out) for a beer with Carl tonight.
brew
chill

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beer + VERB

chill
I have some beers chilling in the cooler.
go flat
flow (figurative)
The beer flowed freely after the game.
spill
He slammed his glass down and the beer spilled over the sides.

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beer + NOUN

drinker, lover
maker
barrel, bottle, can, crate (esp. BrE), glass, keg, mug, stein (AmE), tankard
coaster (AmE), mat (BrE)
cooler (esp. AmE)
festival
consumption, production, sales
ad (informal), advertisement, commercial
cellar (BrE), garden
Children are welcome in the beer garden.
belly, gut (both informal)
He's only twenty but he already has a beer belly.
money
Singing in bars keeps him in beer money (= earns him a little money).

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