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Definition of ale. 1  1 : an alcoholic beverage brewed especially by rapid fermentation from an infusion of malt with the addition of hops. 2  2 : an English country festival at which ale is the principal beverage.
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.beer-a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops.le. n. 1. (Brewing) a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew. Compare beer, lager 1. 2. (Brewing) (formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops.