Malt liquor

A general term including all alcoholic beverages prepared essentially by the fermentation of an infusion of malt (as distinguished from such liquors as are produced by the process of distillation), and particularly such beverages as are made from malt and hops, like beer, ale, and porter. See Allred v. State, 89 Ala. 112, 8 South. 56; State v. Gill, 89 Minn. 502, 95 N. W. 449; U. S. v. Ducournau (C. G.) 54 Fed. 138; State v. Stapp, 29 Iowa, 552; Sarlls v. U. S., 152 U. S. 570, 14 Sup. Ct. 720, 38 L. Ed. 556.

Defined under Malt in Black's Law Dictionary.