beer baron
English
editNoun
editbeer baron (plural beer barons)
- A prominent owner of a large-scale beer brewing enterprise.
- 1987, Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar, Ringwood: Vicking O'Neil, page 89:
- He was everything you expected an old time beer baron to be. He was a hard task master, tough and he expected everyone else to work hard.
- (US) Somebody who organises the illegal production and sale of beer during a time of Prohibition.