1. (noun) a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume

• beer

1. (noun) a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume

• bitter
• burton
• pale ale
• porter
• porter's beer
• stout
• weissbier
• wheat beer
• white beer