“A beverage made by boiling ale with spice and sugar, and sops of bread”. Known from ‘A Dictionary of obsolete and provincial English‘ by Thomas Wright (Wright 1857) The 1616 booklet ‘Rules and Good Instructions to be observed Against the Plague‘ gives its Sixth Rule to “comfort the stomach with an aleberry made of cloves, mace, nutmegs and such like”. cf; Drinkmeat., Ale Gruel For other species of spicebeer, see: Ale Gruel Aleberry Bragget Caudel or Caudle Drink-Meat Egg Flip Egg Hot Koorow Lamb’s Wool, or Lamasool Mulled Ale Posset Treacle Posset |
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