Barleywine or Barley Wine?

Which do you prefer or…which is more correct?

Honestly this is talking about cosmetic.
Both are fully understandable and no need to think of changing.
Do not even bother the RB team with this.
Let them fix RB instead of bother them with working on irrelevant cosmetic.

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I’m not trying to change anything, just wondering which is preferred. Gawd, I can’t ask a simple question?

More like barley whine, amiright?!

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I might whine if I don’t see more of them.

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I think about this every time I type the word. I use both. I would say I lean towards Barleywine.

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Agreed, I use both as well but find Barleywine as the more predominantly used version of the two.

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My all time favorite was labelled Barley Wine Ale:


I never found a comparable one after it was discontinued and eventually gave up on the style altogether.
If you fine bierre knourdes can recommend a similar one I’d like to try it.

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I remember drinking that in California in the 70s.

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This is a redundant discussion imho, because it depends on how the users language is interpreted.
In dutch, the “rule” is to combine the two seperate words if it describes a seperate product to form a new word,
while in English (the English/UK one kind at least), they use two seperate words to describe exactly the same.

For me Barleywine is logical, for the next person it might be barley wine.

But we all know what you mean :slight_smile:

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You asked a simple question, you got a simple answer. Nothing wrong with eiter.

Potatoe or potatoe?

I discovered it in my '80s college daze in Greensboro NC.
Saw it again briefly in the '90s then poof!

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Bearlywine here in bear country.

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Barely wine is my style of choice

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