sessionable

adjective

ses·​sion·​able ˈse-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 

of alcoholic beverages

: having a light body and a lower-than-average percentage of alcohol

… It's very sessionable. It's the kind of beer you want to have when you want to have more than three or four beers.

—Josh Cairns, quoted at Stuff.co.nz

"I feel we as a drinking culture are trending toward sessionable drinks, which hard seltzer for sure is. … I feel more and more people are looking for something they can have multiples of in one go."

—Sam Slaughter, quoted at salon.com

Examples of sessionable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nice, low-carb, low-cal sessionable beer. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026

True to the Italian art of day drinking, cocktails are sessionable and smartly constructed—a selection of Negronis, a spicy margarita and a fluffy Garibaldi. — Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2026

If you’re not used to the stuff, start mellow, and ask your budtender to recommend something sessionable to ease you in. — Jordan Michelman, Wired News, 4 Nov. 2025

On the beer front, standouts include Skyscraper IPA, a sessionable brew created by Brooklyn’s Grimm Artisanal Ales just for the lounge, plus offerings from local favorite Talea Beer Co. — Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

session entry 1 (a single drinking session) + -able

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sessionable

• impressionable