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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beer \Beer\, noun [OE. beor, ber, AS. be['o]r; akin to Fries. biar, Icel. bj?rr, OHG. bior, D. & G. bier, and possibly E. brew. [root]93, See {Brew}.]
1. A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
Note: Beer has different names, as {small beer}, {ale}, {porter}, {brown stout}, {lager beer}, according to its strength, or other qualities. See {Ale}.
2. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
{Small beer}, weak beer; (fig.) insignificant matters. ''To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beer
noun: a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beer well. (1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num. 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See {WELL}.) (2.) A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judg. 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beer, a well
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