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Beer guzzling as mentally stimulating? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

piquant

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'mentally stimulating?' is the definition.
'piquant' can be an answer for 'stimulating?' (similar in meaning). I am not certain of the 'mentally' bit.

'beer guzzling as' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'pint' (beer is typically served by the pint).
'guzzling' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'as' becomes 'qua' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pint' enclosing 'qua' is 'PIQUANT'.

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(Other definitions for piquant that I've seen before include "Pleasantly pungent, stimulating" , "Spicy" , "Flavoursome" , "Appetising, tangy" , "Pleasantly sharp in taste" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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