麦酒 (ばくしゅ) for "beer"


The word ビール (beer) is commonly used. According to [the
dictionary](https://jisho.org/search/beer), there is the Japanese word 麦酒
(ばくしゅ), which means the same. But I have never heard it. Is it used these days
or not anymore?




麦酒 is no longer used, although it remains in some company names
([example](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%92%E9%BA%9F%E9%BA%A6%E9%85%92)).

[青空文庫全文検索](http://myokoym.net/aozorasearch/) provides the frequency data based
on the birth year of authors. According to
[this](http://myokoym.net/aozorasearch/search?word=%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB)
and [this](http://myokoym.net/aozorasearch/search?word=%E9%BA%A6%E9%85%92), 麦酒
was a less common alternative for ビール already before WWII. 麦酒 dropped out of
use somewhere after WWII (I think it's very soon after WWII; my grandfather in
his nineties uses ビール).




麦酒 is no longer used, although it remains in some company names
([example](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%92%E9%BA%9F%E9%BA%A6%E9%85%92)).

[青空文庫全文検索](http://myokoym.net/aozorasearch/) provides the frequency data based
on the birth year of authors. According to
[this](http://myokoym.net/aozorasearch/search?word=%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB)
and [this](http://myokoym.net/aozorasearch/search?word=%E9%BA%A6%E9%85%92), 麦酒
was a less common alternative for ビール already before WWII. 麦酒 dropped out of
use somewhere after WWII (I think it's very soon after WWII; my grandfather in
his nineties uses ビール).

