Admin What does the ale do?
ALE is the lead enforcement agency for the state’s alcoholic beverage control, lottery and tobacco laws. As such, ALE special agents target problem ABC-licensed and illegal establishments that serve as havens for violence, drugs, gang activity, organized crime, money laundering and other criminal activity.
What was ale in the 800’s?
In medieval England, ale was an alcoholic drink made from grain, water, and fermented with yeast. The difference between medieval ale and beer was that beer also used hops as an ingredient. Virtually everyone drank ale. It provided significant nutrition as well as hydration (and inebriation).
Who invented ale?
Sumerian
A Sumerian tablet from ancient Mesopotamia (around 6000 years ago) depicts people consuming a drink from a communal bowl using reed straws. The furthest back proof of beer comes from ancient Iran. Scientists have examined ancient pottery using chemical tests that reveal beer dates back as far as 7,000 years.
Is ale a name?
English: from the Middle English personal name Ale, a short form of any of the various personal names beginning with Al-.
How did the Vikings make ale?
The beer was ale made from barley, with hops sometimes being added for flavor. The only other alcoholic beverage the Vikings made themselves was fruit wine, which came from the various fruits that grew in their homelands. Beer and mead were commonly served in drinking horns made from cattle.
Why is ale called ale?
Etymology. The word ale comes into English from its ancestor-language, Common Germanic. English belongs to the West Germanic branch of Common Germanic, and some other languages in this branch also attest to the word: Middle Dutch āle and ael, and the Old Saxon word alo-fat ‘ale-cup’.
Did Romans drink beer?
Though beer was drunk in Ancient Rome, it was replaced in popularity by wine. Tacitus wrote disparagingly of the beer brewed by the Germanic peoples of his day. Thracians were also known to consume beer made from rye, even since the 5th century BC, as the ancient Greek logographer Hellanicus of Lesbos says.
Is Ale a Greek name?
Ale is a Finnish and Italian diminutive of Alexander. The name Alexander is a general European name, derived from the Old Greek name ‘Alexandros’, itself derived from the words ‘alexein’, which means ‘to ward off or to defend’, and ‘andros or aner’, which means ‘man’.
Who is grog?
Grog is any of a variety of psychoactive beverages, mostly alcoholic beverages. The word originally referred to rum diluted with water, which British Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon introduced into the naval squadron he commanded in the West Indies on 21 August 1740.