Drinks made in barrels always taking a long time (9)

I believe the answer is:

beverages

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'drinks made in' is the definition.
'beverages' can be an answer for 'drinks' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'made in' bit.

'barrels always taking a long time' is the wordplay.
'barrels' becomes 'b' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'always' becomes 'ever' ('ever' can be a synonym of 'always').
'taking' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a long time' becomes 'ages' (I've seen this before).
'b'+'ever'+'ages'='BEVERAGES'

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(Other definitions for beverages that I've seen before include "Vegas beer (anag) - beer etc" , "Drinks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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