Real Ale afficionados tend to be a bit fanatical, but their heart is in the right place, so it is forgivable.

The article contains some interesting linguistic musings on the words "ale" and "beer" in English and how they relate to Britain's beer tradition. However, CAMRA dude calls this: 


  Alvismál `öl hestir međmönnum, en međ Ásum bjórr
Old English, which contains letters not in the Old English alphabet and contains words that are distinctly not in the OE lexicon. My guess is that it is probably Old Norse, so perhaps the lingistic musings sholudn't be taken seriously. Anyway.