malt liquor

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A fermented liquor, such as beer or ale, made with malt.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun An alcoholic drink made with malt.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun US beer, especially that having a higher than normal alcohol content.
• noun archaic Any beverage brewed from malt, including ale, beer and porter, typically having lower alcohol content than modern brews.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer