SC - Re. brewing trivia

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Ian van Tets wrote:
> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> Just thought I'd add my bit to the brewing trivia.  According to my
> lecturer in Gothic German (yes, I did study it) the word ale comes
> from aluir, which means to hallucinate.
> 
> Cairistiona

That being the case, wouldn't surprise me at all if that were derived
from some Indo-European root reference to flight, as in "alar". Not sure
I buy either, though.

Adamantius
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