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7 unusual facts about Ales


Ales

Ales, Sardinia, a small town in the province of Oristano on Sardinia in Italy

Olympique Alès, a French association football (soccer) club based in Alès

Antoine Deparcieux

Antoine Deparcieux was born in 1703 in Cessoux parish, Peyremale, a small village close to Alès in the Gard department the south of France.

Chansons pour les pieds

The album was recorded at the Théâtre du Cratère d'Alès by Eric Van de Hel and Gildas Lointier, assisted by Renaud Van Welden.

Félix Bonfils

He was born in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort and died in Alès.

Joseph Zobel

Joseph Zobel (April 26, 1915, in Martinique – June 18, 2006 in Alès, France) is the author of several novels and short-stories in which social issues are at the forefront.

Saint-Christol-lès-Alès

During the 2003 European heat wave, Saint-Christol-lès-Alès, together with Conqueyrac, recorded the highest temperature ever reached in France: 44.1° c.


Alès Film Festival

The Alès Film Festival (French: Le Festival Cinéma d'Alès Itinérances) is a film festival held annually in the commune of Alès located within the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France.

Aleš Schuster

Aleš Schuster (born 26 October 1981) is a Czech football defender who currently plays for FC Zbrojovka Brno.

Broughton Ales

Broughton Ales is a brewery near Broughton, which lies between the towns of Biggar and Peebles in Scotland.

Castle Rock Brewery

Castle Rock also brew a range of one-offs and seasonal beers and also a "Natural Selection" wildlife ales, in conjunction with the Wildlife Trusts.

Gabriel Auphan

A native of Alès, Gard, Auphan was a student at the École navale; promoted to capitaine de vaisseau in 1936, he had a career in the cabinets of the ministries Georges Leygues and François Pietri.

History of beer

The popularity of hops was at first mixed—the Brewers Company of London went so far as to state "no hops, herbs, or other like thing be put into any ale or liquore wherof ale shall be made—but only liquor (water), malt, and yeast." However, by the 16th century, "ale" had come to refer to any strong beer, and all ales and beers were hopped, giving rise to the verse noted by the curious antiquary John Aubrey

Otter Creek Brewing

Otter Creek Brewing is a craft brewery located in Middlebury, Vermont which produces three lines of beer: Otter Creek Craft Ales, Wolaver's Certified Organic Ales, and Shed Brewery Ales.

Parish ale

On the beam of a screen in the church of Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, is the following inscription in raised blackletter on a scroll held by two angels: "This cost is the bachelers made by ales thesn be ther med."

In Tudor times church-ales were held on Sundays; gradually the parish-ales were limited to the Whitsun season, and these still have local survivals.

Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge

The principal line, part of the PLM Transcévenol, threads its way along the Gardon valley from Alès to Génolhac to Mende, this section of the line was approved in 1861 and opened 5 May 1870, and provided the link between Languedoc, Alès and Issoire and Paris.

Stalisfield Green

The pub serves only Kentish beers from its traditional hand pumps; regularly featuring ales from Hop Daemon (Newnham), Gadds (Ramsgate) and Goachers (Maidstone).

Supersaturation

Some beverage products such as ales and stouts, e.g. Guinness, rely on this effect to produce the 'head' on the surface of the poured product.

Varnsdorf

Varnsdorf is also home to the Kocour Brewery, who make a range of ales, including American style IPA and a stout.

Williams Bros Brewing Co

The company developed other historic ales, using natural Scottish produce such as elderberries, the shoots of Scots pine, seaweed and gooseberries.


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