Lager beer and Malt liquor

Lager beer noun - A general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September.

Malt liquor and lager beer are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Malt liquor" with "Lager beer", this phrases are similar.

Malt liquor noun - A lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer.

Lager beer and malt liquor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lager beer" instead a noun phrase "Malt liquor".