real ale
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Puzzle Hall Inn is a "real ale pub" in Sowerby Bridge that supports "local people, suppliers and independent business", according to its website.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
“Last Bus to Woodstock,” published in 1975, introduced Morse, a detective with a love of real ale, classical music and crosswords — and for a long time, no first name.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2017
The path towards The Bimble Inn provides a welcome pint of real ale or cider and invariably a goodly selection of acoustic-based live music.
From Time ● Jul. 7, 2014
"I brewed real ale with an old boyfriend but I found it to be really boring," she says.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2013
How homesick they make one for the good old days of real inns and real beefsteak and real ale drawn in pewter.
From The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
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