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very ftrong, more eafily and quickly pafles 
the Strainers of the Body. But this Sort 
of Ale, from its containing the fore-men- 
tioned Particles, is more apt to occafion 
Loofenefs and Gripes in thofe that are un- 
accuftomed to it, and to give Sicknefs and 
Headachs next Day. But it is a very great 
Error to make either this or any other 
Malt Liquor too ftrong ; for thus the Be- 
nefits of the Liquor are leffened, and the 
Inconveniencies of it multiplied and increa- 
fed. 
Pale Ale is brewed from Pale Malt, 
which is flenderly dried. It retains much 
more of the Grain in it, than that which 
was fcorched or half burned. Therefore 
the Liquor made from Pale Malt is moft 
nourifhing, and fhould for that Reafon ei- 
ther be brewed fmaller, or ufed more fpa- 
ringly, becaufe of the Vifcidities which 
muft abound in this Liquor, if it be ftrong. 
Amber-coloured Ale is a Mixture both of 
the Brown and Pale, and therefore muft 
partake of both their Virtues and Vices, in 
a lower Degree. 
We may alfo obferve the Difference of 
Malt Liquors in refped: of their Age. The 
eldeft, and well kept, being lefs vifcid ; 
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