Ale

Ale is a long-standing term for a fermented alcoholic beverage that is produced primarily from malted barley. Ale is based in the UK and there remains " Ale " colloquially synonymous with beer.

Ales are fermented with top-fermenting yeasts at temperatures from 15 to 25 ° C. The fermentation is carried out at higher temperatures and shorter than in the case of lager beer.

Before the introduction of hops to England from the Netherlands in the 15th century, the term "ale " exclusively unhopped, fermented beverage designated. In contrast, the term "beer" produced by the label, with the addition of hops drinks served. With time also started the ale brewers to use hops. However, the Ale and Beer Brewery remained separate professions into the 18th century. This distinction is now no more, with the exception of Porter and Stout you describe in the UK, all indigenous fermented beers as ales. In the USA, it is common to refer to all top-fermented beers ever undifferentiated as Ale - we speak for example of " Kölsch -Style Ale ". This usage is sometimes controversial in Europe.

There are numerous types of ales in the UK, as

• Mild ale, a full, sweetish beer, mostly dark in color with relatively little hops and alcohol
• Pale ale, relatively dry, light to copper-colored and with a more pronounced hop aroma, also called Bitter
• India Pale Ale (IPA ), usually somewhat stronger and herberes Ale, but uses some brewery quite the name for a light Pale ale
• Light ale and Brown ale, a light or brown beer
• Heather ale, a beer from Scotland, is used in the seasoning instead of or in addition to hops gerbstoffreiches heather ( heather english )
• Stock ales, former name for high-quality beers that matured long

The brewing of ale went out in colonial times by England and has thus established itself in the U.S. and Australia. Today, these countries have distinct traditions of Ale Brewery. Specialties of the USA, for example, the American IPA and Double IPA. In Australia you brew Sparkling ale, cloudy with yeast that's his name notwithstanding.

In Belgium, in addition to other types of beer are brewed ales. It has been in the past a lively exchange between Belgium and England, so some of the Belgian beers show traits of a British influence. Real ale, also called Cask ale or cask -conditioned ale, according to certain ( specified by CAMRA ) describes guidelines produced and ausgeschenktes beer. In Scandinavia and the Baltic States the old Germanic word is oldest in dän. / Norway. øl or schwed. / isl. preserved oil, finn olut estn Olu, lett. / lit.alus where it refers to all kinds of beer (even the popular lager Pilsner there or lagers ).