Yes, it can be done. I've only done it with plastic corks, which are a PITA.
To do it with real corks, you need Belgian corks, a corker, and a method to stop the corker from pushing the corks all the way in.
You could do it for any beer, so there's no reason you couldn't do it for a barley wine.
I've given up on the plastic corks and just use domestic champagne bottles because a standard crown cap will fit them.