cerveza

Definitions of cerveza
  1. noun
    a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
    synonyms: birra, cañata
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    cerveza rubia
    a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
    malta
    a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer
    cerveza negra
    a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
    cerveza negra
    a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
    type of:
    bebistrajo, brebaje, jarope, mejunje, potingue
    drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
  2. noun
    a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
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    cerveza negra
    a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
    cerveza negra
    a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
    type of:
    birra, cañata
    a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
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