Ale vs Alelike - What's the difference?
ale | alelike |
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 a noun ale
is an intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.As an adjective alelike is
resembling ale or some aspect of it.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.