The name Gary means 'mighty spear' and I hear that there's both a Germanic and Celtic origen of the name.Garrett,Garth and Gareth are derivatives of the name. I suppose that being with all the people who lived before us and will live after us that a Saint Gary is probably out there............
As hops began to pervade breweries, however, this distinction between beer and ale no longer applied. Brewers began to differentiate between beer and ale on the basis of where the yeast fermented in the cask: ale uses yeast that gathers on the top, and lager uses yeast that ferments on the bottom.
The Difference Between Ales and Lagers. The first step in learning more about beer is to first understand that there are 2 basic categories of beer - Lagers and Ales. The difference between the 2 categories has nothing to do with alcohol content, bitterness, or color. In order to understand the difference between them we will have to get a little bit beer geeky and look at the brewing processes involved. The difference between an ale and a lager comes down to 3 main differences in the brewing process which will be discussed below. Ales are made with top-fermenting strains of yeast which means that the yeast ferments at the top of the fermentation tank.