Ale (beer): The term ale, of Old Norwegian origin (øl), via English, generically designates top fermentation beers, one of the three major beer families with lambics (spontaneous fermentation) and lagers (bottom fermentation) (*).
In French-speaking Belgium, in common parlance, an ale is a top-fermented beer (*), amber in 5% alcohol/volume (commercial archetypes: Palm or Vieux Temps for example). But this usage, dating back to the First...
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