Drunk sat and drank lots of beer (8)
I believe the answer is:
tankards
'lots of beer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'drunk sat and drank' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sat'+'drank'='satdrank'
'satdrank' is an anagram of 'TANKARDS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tankards that I've seen before include "One-handled beer mugs" , "Large one-handled drinking vessels" , "Large beer mugs" , "Large one-handled drinking mugs" .)