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Great Divide Old Ruffian

Percentile
99
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8743.91/5.03.91/5.010.27%93.6Snifter
Commercial Description:
Old Ruffian is a hefty, hop-forward Barley Wine. Seemingly mellow at first sniff, with its subtle fruit aromas and complex caramel sweetness, this deep mahogany-hued ale quickly shows its true character marked by bold hop flavors and massive hop bitterness. Old Ruffian’s rich, slightly creamy, caramel malt mouthfeel balances its grapefruit, pine, and floral hop flavors, working wonders on your palate.
A mind-numbing 90 International Bittering Units (IBUs).
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 Soonah (915), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 28, 2009  
Poured a hazy ruby color with an off-white head that produced a spot or two of lacing. The aroma is hops. Pine-sol and not much else. No balance. The flavor is a super hoppy, pine and floral excursion into excess. Maybe some light citrus in there, but the malt backbone is nonexistent. Dry as a bone on the finish. Meh.


 jgb9348 (2495), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jan 20, 2009  
Super hazy ruby coloured body with a thinnish off-white head. Nice looking! Aroma of strong sweetness, a lot of fruit, malt, caramel and a good hoppy scent. Nice oaky flavour with vanilla noticeable up front with tons of hops and a load of sugar - a lot of absolutely everything. A huge beer, no matter how you look at it! Overall, almost too much, but nothing horribly wrong with it. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Liquors on 23-June-2005 at Jon(R888710)’s.


 topherh (899), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 14, 2009  
Pours reddish copper. Aroma is big hops and caramel. Flavor is lots of sweet malt, some dark fruit, with a bitter hoppy finish.


3Faveryrogue (80), Asslip, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Jan 14, 2009  
Dark amber pour with medium head that never really disappears. Delicious barleywine smell, with strong fruit, caramel and malt in the nose, not so much the hop. Medium mouth. Under carbonated. Very sticky on palate and much lacing on glass. Tastes especially sweet finshing up. Not my favorite, but gets the job done.


 tturner (105), , Washington, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20
Jan 14, 2009  
starts hoppy moves into a nice maltyness and finishes a dry bitter. otherwise the commercial description pegs it for me. one of my favorite barely wines in many years.


 brokephibroke (140), Mead, Colorado, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/517/20
Jan 7, 2009  
Pretty ruby/copper clear pour with a medium lasting tan head. Pine citrus aroma with a bit of molassas and alcohol. Thick and coating the hops are delivered to the entire palate and the slight carbonation takes it to the next level. Taste is full, long lasting and balanced. Grapefruit, caramel and woody pine all present. Yes!!


 ajwilliams (118), , Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 7, 2009  
Deep red pour with a silky lasting head. Aroma of faint floral hops and sugar. Sugary flavor with a ton of hoppy bitterness. The kind of horseradish, sinus-clearing hops that you wouldn’t expect from a barleywine. Sticky sugar alcohol mouthfeel. What I was looking for.


 drjay44 (773), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 4, 2009  
22 oz. bottle. Pours a thinnish, beige head, good duration, some lacing, over a clear, coppery, amber body.....nose huge of resin and pine, some caramel malt tones.....tastes of heavy malts initially with some caramel, then balancing and lingering hop bitterness....mouth feel is heavy, sticky and chewy.



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