Ale vs Egghot - What's the difference?
ale | egghot |
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
As an interjection ale
is let's go!, come on!.As a noun egghot is
(archaic) a posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.ale
English
Noun
- Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all non-distilled malt liquors.