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Great Divide Old Ruffian

Great Divide Old Ruffian  - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Denver, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8703.91/5.03.91/5.010.27%93.5Snifter
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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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 tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Jul 11, 2009  
Pours a deep copper with a thin tan head. Leaves gobs of lacing. Aroma is sweet, lots of caramel, vanilla, and pine. Taste is smooth, fair amount of heat, not too much. Citrus and pine from the hops, not as hoppy as expected, but very bright hop notes, smooth sweetness, not candy like. toffee, caramel, berries, grapefruit, Slightly chewy.


 DJMonarch (6036), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 6, 2009  
On Tap at the Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver 12/10/2007 Lots of fruit aroma. Amber mid brown coloured and very strong in alcohol with a crisp dry and bitter lasting malt finish.


 kidmartinek (972), austin, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/105/517/20
Jun 27, 2009  
Intense copper color with a marvelous living head. Heavy caramel malt in the aroma with hops in the background. The flavor is good, but the best part is the palate how it starts off dry and a little bitter and has a small tingle with a a short but powerful carbonation. It’s got some very nice clean oak taste to it too. The haevy malt is well balanced by the intense hops. It comes in pretty tame at 10+% and highly tolerable. The finish is pleasant. Sip this and good times will follow...


randolphjj (89), Raymore, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/516/20
Jun 20, 2009  
copper / mahogany color with an off-white head. Malty nose - caramel, (seemingly mellow, indeed...) Bitterness without a hop resin on the tongue - or really even a particularly big hop nose. Great divide seems to do a nice job hiding high alcohol with solid flavor, and this is no different.


 mirjukka (695), LOHJA, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Jun 14, 2009  
keg 330ml 7,5€ shared at Hilpeä Hauki Hilarious American Weeks 170409 deep copper huge beige head strong tangy bitterness and sweet fruity malts sticky body. Very long lasting after bitterness.


 petematte46 (212), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Jun 12, 2009    Updated: Jun 19, 2009
A pretty solid nose with a nice white frothy head. A little sweet, but it is a barley wine. Great with a little age on it. Overall pretty nice.


 Fred82 (344), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jun 7, 2009  
Bottle, Mondial 2009. Clear amber with medium creamy caramel colored head. Aroma is big sweet caramel and piny hops. Taste is quite sweet and hoppy. Hints of pineapple. Not much bitterness, really sweet. Nice balance between hops and sweetness.


bacummings (21), Alabama, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 7, 2009  
Nice barley wine style ale. Very hoppy. Fruity, I can smell and taste berries.



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