October beer

English

Noun

October beer (countable and uncountable, plural October beers)

  1. A strong ale traditionally brewed in October.
    • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘King Pest’:
      ‘we decree that you do here be tied neck and heels together, and duly drowned as rebels in yon hogshead of October beer!’
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