Foreign character in public house after beer (5)
I believe the answer is:
aleph
'foreign character' is the definition.
'aleph' can be an answer for 'character' (aleph is a kind of character). I am not certain of the 'foreign' bit.
'public house after beer' is the wordplay.
'public house' becomes 'ph'.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'ph' after 'ale' is 'ALEPH'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aleph that I've seen before include "First letter of the Hebrew alphabet" , "Hebrew character" , "First character" , "letter in Middle East" , "Abroad, a" .)