altbier
See also: Altbier
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Altbier (literally “old beer”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaltbier (plural altbiers)
- 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.