Strong ale (5)
I believe the answer is:
stout
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">strong ale</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for stout that I've seen before include "Kind of beer" , "Thick; beer" , "Heavily built; drink" , "of above-average weight" , "Rather fat; determined" .)