altbier

Etymology

From German Altbier (literally “old beer”).

noun

  1. A form of German top-fermenting beer that originated in Westphalia and later spread to parts of the Rhineland.
    Their own version of brown ale, long the signature beer of the Düsseldorf region in northwestern Germany, is called altbier, literally old beer. January 24, 2007, Eric Asimov, “Quiet Cover for a Vital Brew”, in New York Times

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