Adam's ale of "Adam's ale":<ref name="PFBook/NAM"> Single occurrence sources for "The [Terra Cotta] Jug of Rum" poem: Adam's ale Adam's ale (also referred to as "Adam's wine", especially in Scotland; sometimes simply called "Adam") is a colloquial allusion meaning water. It alludes to the idea that the biblical Adam had only water to drink. This inference gained popularity around the beginning of the 19th-century temperance movement. "Adam's ale" means unadulterated water, based on the presumption that the biblical first man Adam had only water to drink in the Garden of Eden. Common variations are "Adam's wine" in Scotland, and sometimes simply "Adam".
Cream ale Cream ale Cream ale is a style of American beer, of which examples are light in color and are well attenuated. First crafted in the mid-1800s at various breweries in the United States, cream ale remained a very localized form with different styles until the early 20th century. During Prohibition in the United States, a great number of Canadian brewers took up brewing cream ale, refining it to some degree. Following the end of Prohibition in the United States, cream ale from Canada became popular and the style was produced anew in both nations. Cream ale is related to pale