LAGER
What does "LAGER" mean?
A pale, crisp beer made by slow fermentation and cold storage with bottom-fermenting yeast.
Meanings
- A type of beer fermented and conditioned at low temperatures, typically light, clear, and crisp. He ordered a cold lager to go with the spicy food.
Did you know?
- 'Lager' literally means 'storehouse' in German: the beer is named not for a flavor but for the months it spent stored cold in cellars to mature.
- What separates a lager from an ale is mostly the yeast - lagers ferment cool with bottom-fermenting yeast, ales ferment warm with top-fermenting yeast.
Word origin
From German 'Lagerbier', meaning 'beer for storing', from 'Lager' (storehouse, store) plus 'Bier' (beer), reflecting the long cold storage the style requires.
Remember it
LAGER lags behind: the beer that must lag in cold storage before it is ready to drink.
A little poem
Months in the cold dark-
the cellar keeps its patience
and pours it out gold.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is lager so patient? It learned long ago that good things come to those who lager.
What it teaches
Some things only become themselves after a long, cold, unhurried wait.
Quick facts
What does LAGER mean?
A pale, crisp beer made by slow fermentation and cold storage with bottom-fermenting yeast.
Is LAGER a valid word?
Yes — LAGER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LAGER?
LAGER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LAGER come from?
From German 'Lagerbier', meaning 'beer for storing', from 'Lager' (storehouse, store) plus 'Bier' (beer), reflecting the long cold storage the style requires.
What can LAGER teach us?
Some things only become themselves after a long, cold, unhurried wait.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.