![]() ![]() It differs from beer, in having a smaller proportion of hops. Noah Webster’s definition from 1828 was unusually specific:Ī liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation. ![]() The Oxford English Dictionary records that ale probably initially referred to any alcoholic beverage brewed from malt, and that over time it successively referred to beer brewed without hops, then to any strong beer, and then to beer brewed with malt that had not been roasted. Unsurprisingly for a word that is this old, ale has had a fuzzy (not to say fizzy) history of specific meanings. Also unlike lager, ale’s fermentation is usually warm and rapid rather than cool and slow. It’s distinguished from lager by usually being top-fermented, meaning that the yeast rises to the surface when fermentation is completed. Ale is a word that is as old as English itself, dating to the 12th century.
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