beer baron

English

Noun

beer baron (plural beer barons)

1. 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.

2. (US) Somebody who organises the illegal production and sale of beer during a time of Prohibition.