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"Historically, the difference between ale and beer is that beer has hops added for flavour and bitterness." - does anyone have a source for this? The words 'ale' and 'beer' were both used in Anglo-Saxon, which to my understanding is several centuries before British brewers started using hops. I had heard the difference was that 'ale' is top-fermented. Harry R

Ale is top-fermented as opposed to lager which is bottom-fermented; both are beer. The quoted statement, however, conflicts with the information presented on the beer page (that beer's historical usage was for cider, or perhaps any mildly-alcoholic fermented beverage), so I've removed it. VermillionBird 18:43, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Session bitter

Where does the term "session bitter" come from? Is it because they were/are drunk at music "jam" sessions? Badagnani 20:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No - it means you can have a drinking session on it and not fall over - the stronger beers are too much to drink all night - I can vouch for that! Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 15:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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	Where does the term "session bitter" come from? Is it because they were/are drunk at music "jam" sessions? [[User:Badagnani\|Badagnani]] 20:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)		Where does the term "session bitter" come from? Is it because they were/are drunk at music "jam" sessions? [[User:Badagnani\|Badagnani]] 20:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

			:No - it means you can have a drinking session on it and not fall over - the stronger beers are too much to drink all night - I can vouch for that! [[User:Brookie\|Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp !]] [[User talk:Brookie\|<sup>(Whisper...)</sup>]] 15:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)