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Beremeal is a whole grain flour made from bere, a variety of barley grown in northern Scotland, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands.
It is commonly used in making bannocks and ale. "Bere, bear or baird is the four- or six-row barley, hardier and coarser than ordinary two-row barley"(The Concise Scots Dictionary, Ed Mairi Robinson.
Aberdeen University Press.
1987.)