Ale
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This article is about the beer style. For other uses, see Ale (disambiguation).
Ale is a type of beer originating in medieval England, brewed using a warm fermentation method.[1][2] Historically, the term referred to a drink brewed without hops.[3]
As with most beers, ale typically has a bittering agent to balance the malt and act as a preservative. Ale was originally bittered with gruit, a mixture of herbs or spices boiled in the wort before fermentation. Later, hops replaced gruit as the bittering agent.[4]