I'm trying to say "you shouldn't drink a lot of (much) beer" and i'm wondering
if I can use たくさん in this way to mean "a lot" (i.e. much).
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Does 「ビールをたくさん飲まないほうがいい」sound right?
> 「ビール **を** たくさん飲{の}まないほうがいい。」

indeed sounds O.K. 「たくさん」 can be replaced by 「大量{たいりょう}に」.

It would, however, sound more natural if you said:

> 「ビール **は** たくさん飲まないほうがいい。」

It was great that you placed 「たくさん」 right before the verb. What I often
see/hear Japanese-learners do is to place it before the noun as in
「たくさんのビールを飲む」, which is just a direct translation from another language rather
than very natural-sounding Japanese.
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