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Small beer
A modern Belgian tafelbier
Type
Lager or ale
Country of origin
Europe and North America
Alcohol by volume
Between 0.5% to 2.8%
Small beer (also known as small ale or table beer) is a lager or ale that contains a lower amount of alcohol by volume than most others, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%.[1][2] Sometimes unfiltered and porridge-like, it was a favoured drink in Medieval Europe and colonial North America compared with more expensive beer containing higher levels of alcohol.[3] Small beer was also produced in households for consumption by children and by servants.
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