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ale

Originally malt liquor brewed without hops, but now generally a synonym for beer.

Mild ale is beer with a sweetish flavour and a fairly dark colour. Pale ale, whether in a cask (in which form it is usually termed bitter beer) or in a bottle, is light in colour and has a pronounced hop flavour.



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2% alcohol by volume) based on a recipe that the lady of the house would have brewed in the 11th and 12th Centuries - brewing was women's work in those days - and continued the "house style" strong, dark ales which have been common in Scotland for centuries.
 
 
 
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