| UPSCALE | Company delivering cold beer of high quality (7) |
| THERM | Company delivering heat unit (5) |
| TOBYJUG | Container of beer of character |
| PILSNER | Beer of Czech origin with a notably hoppy flavour |
| VINTAGE | Harvest year of the grapes used in making a wine, especially a wine of high quality (7) |
| CLASSIC | Judged over a long period to be of high quality (7) |
| CRYSTAL | Very clear glass of high quality (7) |
| ARABICA | Type of high quality coffee bean (7) |
| ALPACAS | Sources of high-quality wool |
| ICEBERG | Cold beer drunk in centre of Riga, cooled by bits of this? (7) |
| CLANGER | Blunder, dipping tip of nose into cold beer (7) |
| LOCALES | Spots star in retreat, drinking cold beer (7) |
| BREWSKI | Cold beer, in dated slang |
| BITTER | Description of the flavour of black coffee, chicory, hoppy beer of the same name, orange peel, plain chocolate, quinine or tonic water (6) |
| LONESTAR | Beer marketed as "the National Beer of Texas" |
| KITCHENPORTER | Home-brewed beer of assistance to the cook ? (7,6) |
| PBR | Old "The beer of quality" sloganeer, in brief |
| LONEO | It's billed as "the national beer of Texas" |
| COBRA | Firm support for beer of Asian origin (5) |
| BREW | Make beer of calibre, wittingly (4) |
