source: By edwin - originally posted to Flickr as Founders Curmudgeon (Old Ale), CC BY 2.0

North American a type of beer with a bitter flavor and higher alcoholic content:

｟主に英｠ エール〘ビールの一種; 一般のものより濃く苦い〙; エール1杯［本, 缶］

e.g. amber-colored beers, ales, and stouts.

chiefly British beer.

｟主に英･古｠ 〘商〙 ビール(の総称)

Old English alu, ealu, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse ǫl. Formerly the word referred especially to the paler varieties of beer.