Superior ale to drink time after time (6)
I believe the answer is:
better
'superior' is the definition.
(better is a kind of superior)
'ale to drink time after time' is the wordplay.
'ale' becomes 'beer' (I've seen this before**).
'to drink' indicates putting letters inside.
'time' becomes 't'.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'time' becomes 't'.
't'+'t'='tt'
'beer' going around 'tt' is 'BETTER'.
(Other definitions for better that I've seen before include "One making wager; more advantageous" , "Comparatively good" , "Partly or fully recovered from illness" , "Speculator" , "Person taking a risk" .)