Ales

Pale ale is one of the most popular styles of beer, not just to my taste buds, but all around the world. Made with a greater amount of pale malts, this style is typically lighter in color with a broad range of flavors, bitterness and strength.

All beers, no matter how great or small, are made from a basic combination of water, malts, hops, and yeast. So then what really distinguishes an ale from a lager?

For the average beer drinker, the difference between an ale and a lager comes down to how the beer looks, smells, and tastes. Ales tend to be fruity-estery, while lagers are clean-tasting and frequently described as "crisp." But to a brewer, the difference is more fundamental than that. It's not color, or flavor, or aroma, or hop/grain/malt varietals or even water hardness that separates a lager from an ale.

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All beers are made as ales or lagers; ale and lager are the two main branches of the beer family tree and are closely related branches at that.

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If you inquire of the average beer geek about the differences between ale and lager, you will probably be told that ale is brewed with top-fermenting yeast and lager with bottom-fermenting yeast. End of conversation. But there's much more to tell.

Without getting too technical, ale is brewed using warm fermentation. This allows for more flavor and sweetness. Find out more and explore the styles of ales.

Looking back through beer history, ales are considered the beer of antiquity. Ales come in a very wide range of flavors and styles. The following list covers some of the ...

Ale is a type of beer brewed using a warm fermentation method resulting in a sweet, full-bodied and fruity taste. Historically the terms "beer" and "ale" respectively referred to drinks brewed with and without hops. Over time, "beer" came to refer to all beers, though-after the development of cold fermented beer ("lager")-"ale" came to refer to warm fermented beers only.