altbier

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Altbier, literally "old beer".

Noun

altbier (plural altbiers)

1. A form of German top-fermenting beer that originated in Westphalia and later spread to parts of the Rhineland.
   • 2007 January 24, Eric Asimov, “Quiet Cover for a Vital Brew”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Their own version of brown ale, long the signature beer of the Düsseldorf region in northwestern Germany, is called altbier, literally old beer.

Anagrams

• betrail, librate, tablier, triable, trilabe