Ale

n.	1.	An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
	2.	A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

Noun

1.

ale - 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

Atomic Layer Epitaxy (IC)beer, bitter, Burton, pale ale, porter, porter's beer, stout, Weissbier, wheat beer, white beer