festbier
Syllables: fest·bier/ˈfɛst.bɪə/US/ˈfɛst.bɪɚ/
festbier noun: a kind of beer, a helles lager.
Noun (1)
festbier (countable and uncountable, plural festbiers)
- A kind of beer, a helles lager.
- Families and children are welcome at the Oktoberfest celebrations on Sundays in October. These are not sloppy, beat-the-clock swill fests, but rather a time for people to enjoy good company in the warm glow of a few mugs of festbier and […]2010, Lew Bryson, Pennsylvania Breweries, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 155
- XPA might have longevity, but OktoberFish (6% ABV) is a frequent contender for the most popular Flying Fish. European malt, hops, and yeast pay tribute to the classic German festbiers, and its alluring reddish color makes it hard to resist.2014, Ben Keene, The Great Northeast Brewery Tour: Tap into the Best Craft Breweries in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 121
Noun (2) capitalized: Festbier
Festbier (plural Festbiers)
- Alternative letter-case form of festbier.
- Hale's brewed Wee Heavy, Hart offered St. Nick's Special Ale, and Widmer made a Festbier version of their alt. In British Columbia, Granville Island brewed Island Bock a second time as a holiday offering, and […]1986, Vince Cottone, Good Beer Guide: Breweries and Pubs of the Pacific Northwest : British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, →ISBN, page 8
- Barchet uses European whole-flower hops in his Festbier, but with a light hand. "You should make the hops almost imperceptible," he says. "No flavor or aroma.;" Not Light & Not Dark Patrick Flaherty, head brewer at the Virginia Beverage Co., […]1998, The New Brewer, volume 15, page 66
Forms of festbier
| plural | festbiers |
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| plural | Festbiers |
Origin of festbier
From German Festbier.
Questions about festbier
- What does festbier mean?
- Festbier means a kind of beer, a helles lager.
- What part of speech is festbier?
- Festbier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce festbier?
- Festbier is pronounced /ˈfɛst.bɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of festbier?
- The plural of festbier is festbiers.
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