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Strong ale is a type of ale, usually above 5% abv and often higher, between 7 and 11% abv, which spans a number of beer styles, including old ale,
Strong ale is a type of ale, usually above 5% abv and often higher, between 7 and 11% abv, which spans a number of beer styles, including old ale, barley wine
Barley wine is a strong ale from 6–12% alcohol by volume."Barley wine"
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, and Burton ale. Strong ales are brewed throughout Europe and beyond, including in Michael Jackson (writ ...
England
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, Belgium
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, and the United States
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.
Scotch ale was first used as a designation for strong ales exported from Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
in the 18th century. Scotch ale is sometimes termed "wee heavy". A recipe for an unhopped Scotch ale can be found in the 17th-century cookery book '' The Closet Opened''.
The strong ale described in John Mortimer's ''The whole Art of Husbandry'' (1708) was made from a ratio of eleven bushels of malt to a hogshead
A hogshead (abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large Barrel (storage), cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commercial Product (business), product) for manufacturing and sale. It refers to a specified volume, measured in either Imperial ...
., quote: "The proportion of Hops may be half a Pound to an Hogshead of Strong-Ale, one Pound to an Hogshead of ordinary Strong-Beer to be soon drunk out, and two Pounds to an Hogshead of ''March'' or ''October'' Beer".
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