barley wine

noun

: a kind of strong ale

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Caramel candies work beautifully with an English-style barley wine, but salted caramel and a pilsner is even lovelier. Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025 Long Island uses a barley wine to produce its Pine Barrens brand, while Charbay uses beers from the Bear Republic Brewery, including its Racer 5 I.P.A., to make a variety of single malts — though its most recent release, Lot One, a collaboration with the whiskey brand Wolves, was made from scratch. Clay Risen, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023

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“Barley wine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barley%20wine. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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