Small beer

For related companies, see Small Beer Press and Small Beer Brew Co.
Small beer
A modern Belgian tafelbier
TypeLager or ale
OriginEurope and North America
Alcohol by volumeBetween 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 1% and 2%. Sometimes unfiltered and porridge-like, it was a favoured drink in Medieval Europe and colonial North America and up to the 19th century compared with more expensive and inebriating beer containing higher levels of alcohol.

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