October beer
English
Noun
October beer (countable and uncountable, plural October beers)
- 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!’
- 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘King Pest’: