Barley wine, I seem to remember was a beer and they sold in spit and sawdust places
Hmm, I wouldn't have described my late parents' front room quite like that, they bought it in small bottles from old fashioned "off-licences" (remember those ??). Agreed though, available in pubs too as I discovered when I became an undergrad. Quite syrupy stuff but really good, served in goblet-shaped glasses as I recall.
