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altbier

/ˈɑltˌbɪɹ/

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From German Altbier (literally “old beer”).

noun altbiers

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.
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@misc{altbier_2026,
  title = {altbier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/altbier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}