Barley-bree
Barley-broth; that is, malt liquor brewed from barley (
Scotch).
The cock may craw, the day may daw,
And aye we'll taste the barley-bree.
Burns: Willie Brew'd a Peck
o' Maut.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Barley-bree from Fact Monster:
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