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Strong ale is a type of ale, usually above 5% Alcohol by volume, abv and often higher, between 7 and 11% abv, which spans a number of beer styles, including old ale, barley wine, and Burton ale. Strong ales are brewed throughout Europe and beyond, including in Beer in England, England, Beer in Belgium, Belgium, and the Beer in the United States, United States. Scotch ale was first used as a designation for strong ales exported from 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 (agriculturalist), John Mortimer's ''The whole Art of Husbandry'' (1708) was made from a ratio of eleven bushels of malt to a hogshead., 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".


See also

* Christmas beer * List of beer styles * Trappist beer *


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