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Composer who brewed beer, though whiskey went to his head (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

weber

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'composer who brewed beer though whiskey went to his head' is the definition.
'weber' can be an answer for 'composer' (Carl Maria von Weber was a German composer). I am not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'composer who brewed beer' is the wordplay.
'composer who' becomes 'w' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'brewed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'beer' with letters rearranged gives 'eber'.
'w'+'eber'='WEBER'

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(Other definitions for weber that I've seen before include "bit of magnetism" , "100,000,000 maxwells" , "Composer; physicist" , "physics unit" , "Carl Maria von ---, composer; Max ---, sociologist" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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