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the warm rebel that fermented before lager learned to chill out
means A fermented malt beverage made without hops or with different brewing methods than lager, traditionally fermented warm with top-fermenting yeast.
from From Old English 'ealu,' a word with deep Germanic roots and possibly a cousin of Old Norse 'ǫl.' For centuries 'ale' simply meant the brew, hopped or not — 'beer' was the upstart that arrived from the continent. Some trace the word's ancestry to a Proto-Indo-European root suggesting bitterness or intoxication, though that thread is uncertain. What's clear is that 'ale' was on English tongues long before lager was a glint in any brewer's eye.
- ancient ancestor
- brewed thousands of years before lager existed
- top fermenting
- yeast works warm and rises to the surface
- before hops
- originally meant unhopped beer entirely
- liquid wages
- medieval workers were paid partly in ale
- safer than water
- often cleaner to drink than rivers
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