| Ale was originally bittered with gruit, a mixture of herbs or spices boiled in the wort before fermentation. |
| Some of these are highly hopped, or bittered, the further to promote their preservation during transit and change of temperature. |
| What is known is it was once considered a specific type of mixed drink among many others, including flips, crustas, swizzles and bittered slings. |
| I was yet to learn sorrow for this unhappy nobleman whose conduct had bittered me all the way from Lom. |
| In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares. |
