Small beer
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Small beer is a lager or ale that contains a lower amount of alcohol by volume than most others, usually between 1% and 2%. Sometimes unfiltered and porridge-like, it was a favoured drink in Medieval
A modern Belgian tafelbier
Scotch Ale
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Scotch ale is the Edinburgh version of Burton Ale: dark, with a bittersweet, sometimes slightly metallic tang, and generally strong. Scotch Ale was first used as a designation for strong ales exported
Small beer
…became cheaper from the later 18th century. Small beer and small ale can also refer to beers made from the second runnings from the stronger beer (e.g., Scotch ale). Such beers can be as strong as a mild ale, but it depends on the strength of the original mash. This was an economic measure in household brewing in…
Younger's Scotch Ale label
Scotch ale advertisement from the Netherlands