0 any of various types of beer, usually one that is dark and bitter: --
brown ale
1 a type of beer, esp. one that is darker and more bitter than other beers --
He spoke particularly of the then endemic problem of under-age children and youths being sent to public houses to fetch ale for their fathers.
I am delighted that real ales are now more freely available in off-licences around the country.
They were driven from strong ale to stronger whisky, and now they have been driven from whisky by the tax to lighter beer.
The places where they sold new spirits and strong beer and ales might have the top licence.
They come within its scope, but, generally speaking, the ordinary hotel, the beer-house, the ale-house and the inn, do not come within it.
The amendments, if accepted, will ensure that there is more growth in cask ale production than heretofore.
The difficulty was to arrive at a definition which would include a licensed restaurant, but would not include an ale house, tavern or public house.
It cannot be collected and grouped in the way that one brings together two pounds of potatoes or three pints of ale.
