Eric ordered beer, having English beneficiary (9)
I believe the answer is:
recipient
'beneficiary' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'eric ordered beer having english' is the wordplay.
'ordered' is an anagram indicator.
'beer' becomes 'pint' (beer is typically served by the pint).
'having' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'eric' is an anagram of 'reci'.
'reci'+'pint'='recipint'
'recipint' placed around 'e' is 'RECIPIENT'.
(Other definitions for recipient that I've seen before include "Someone getting" , "One who's given" , "relatively unblessed type" , "Receiver" , "Person who gets" .)