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Barley Wine

A strong ale of 6 to 12% ABV. It is called wine for its strength alone: it is made from grain rather than fruit, so it is beer. Bass No. 1 Ale was the first sold under the name, around 1870.

Origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

On record

Countries

Descends into

On the recordcounted from 18 beers

Strength

The median is 11.1% ABV. Half of them fall between 11.0% and 11.9%.

Strongest Self Examination - Bourbon Barrel Aged12.5%
Weakest Barrel Project Bourbon 20238.9%

Where they come from

🇳🇱 Netherlands16 · 89%
🇮🇹 Italy2 · 11%

Most in one town: Middelburg (14), Formello (2), Gulpen-Wittem (1).

These are facts about this record, not about the world. They are counted from the beers on file, and the atlas is as deep as its sources, which cover modern craft brewing far more closely than anything else. A country at the top of this list is where the most examples have been recorded, which is not the same as where the most are brewed.

On the recordcounted from 18 beers

Strength

Where they come from

The beers18 on record

On the recordcounted from 18 beers

Strength

Where they come from

The beers18 on record