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- Dictionaryale/eɪl/
noun
- 1. any beer other than lager, stout, or porter: "a draught of ale"
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Ale is a type of beer, brewed using a warm fermentation method. In medieval England, the term referred to a drink brewed without hops. As with most beers, ale typically has a bittering agent to balance the malt and act as a preservative. Ale was originally bittered with gruit, a mixture of herbs or spices boiled in the wort before fermentation, before hops replaced gruit as the bittering agent. Wikipedia