Great Divide Old Ruffian

Tap at Plan B, Copenhagen. Brown color with a fine beige head. Aroma is hops and fruity sweetness. Flavor is a lot of hoppy bitterness, fruit and sweet malt, Nice.

Flaske. EBF 2008. Humlen slår en i møde, og minder i langt højere grad om en IIPA end en Barley wine. Men med en stor maltbase der virkelig kan bakke humlen op er det tydeligt at denne øl også kan tåle at ligge. Virkelig e lækker og fantastisk øl.

Bottle @ EBF. Pours a beautifulk redbrown color. Aroma is caramell with lots of dried fruits. Mouthfeel is pretty brutal. Taste is sweet with lots of caramel and fruit. A nice maltyness can be found aswell.

Excellent. My first sampling from Great Divide. Beautiful pour with a small head. Taste of sweet malt followed by a nice hop bitterbess. Big alcohol kick as it warms. Good stuff.

Bottle from kmweaver. Thanks Ken. Another >10% beer, and a tasty one at that. Bottle says 10.2%. My new goal is to drink one >10% beer for every 5 other beers. Pours cloudy amber. Aroma is malty and a bit of yeast, maybe autolysis, whatever it is I like it, even though I’ve heard of it as a flaw. Sweet, a bit hoppy. Some oxidized cardboard hops, but subtle and nice. My guess is this bottle has 9 months or so of age on it. Very nice.

22 oz bottle, aged about a year. Pours a dark ruby color with a small thin white head. Aroma is sweet caramel, malts, dried fruits. The flavor is caramel, dark fruits, moderate citrus, and a smooth alcohol taste. It’s a shame that I can’t find any more Great Divide beers here anymore. Come back soon, please!

Wow! The Aroma of this beer is amazing. Sweet caramel at first then it fades to a beautiful bouket of floral hops then that fades to toffee notes. It pours a deep, hazy brownish dark red ale. The tan head stays a little while and leaves in its trail lush lacing. The flavor has lots of caramel notes and a nice in your face bitterness that lingers well. Dark fuits like prunes and also notes of bitter oranges. It’s a very smooth ale for the alcohol content. Not sting at all. It’s hidden like a snake in its den. A quite lovely Barleywine indeed. Thanks again Great Divide. The Lord bless the hop harvest.

Clear dark carmel with creamy head. The aroma reminds me of the overall aroma of a 50 flavor ice cream shop, or maybe a gooseberry pie. Nice dark fruit flavor with some bright, green fruit overtones. Finishes both sweet and bitter. A bit of alcohol warmth, but does not get in the way.