The beer is put inside in the passage (5)
I believe the answer is:
aisle
'passage' is the definition.
(aisle can mean a path or passageway)
'the beer is put inside' is the wordplay.
'the beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'put inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ale' placed around 'is' is 'AISLE'.
'in the' is the link.
(Other definitions for aisle that I've seen before include "Passage between seating areas" , "Passage between shelves in supermarket" , "Part of supermarket" , "Church walkway" , "The way to get married in church?" .)