Ale
Ale 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.
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Malt and ale are semantically related. in intoxicating topic. In some cases you can use "Malt" instead a noun "Ale".
Nearby Word: alehouse
Malt
Malt noun - A cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling.
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Given that lager yeasts tend to produce a very narrow range of flavors compared to ale yeasts, ways to do them "well" mean using high concentration of good malt and/or gracious hopping - both, obviously, expensive compared to corn syrup.
Source: A Tankard of Moose Urine - There's a reason that English, the language of a people with centuries of brewing tradition and vocabulary behind them, uses a German loanword to describe any malt beverage, and use the native term (ale) for a subcategory of it.
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