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Great Divide Old Ruffian

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8743.91/5.03.91/5.010.27%93.6Snifter
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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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 BustedFlat (552), Edina, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/105/513/20
Feb 16, 2007  
Poured from a 25 ounce bottle into a snifter, cloudy orangish brown. Smell if of fruit and malts. Very sweet, with nots of caramel, malt orange peel and dark fruits. Very hopyy with a touch of bitterness on the finish. Interesting, but not necessarily on my A list.


 thebeertourist (2777), Oslo, Norway
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Feb 16, 2007  
Bottle. Deep red copper with a great yellowish creamy head. Deep raisins aroma with good toffee. Flavours are raisins and toffee, countered by good bitterness, leaving a dry mouth-feel. Full body. Old Ruffian divides few- it is simply great.


 KnutAlbert (3115), Oslo, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 15, 2007  
Explosive sweetness, lots and lots of malty taste. some bitterness, some sourness, but most of all you feel thay have drawn out all the flavour from the malt that they possibly could. So the barley dominates over the hops, but it works just fine.


 swoopjones (1897), Buffalo, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 11, 2007  
22oz Bomber @ Coles Barleywine Fest, Huge hop aroma. Not very barleywine-ish to me, probably why I like it. Deep amber in color & huge hop flavor. Almost like a malty DIPA


 gwpom (250), Akron, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 11, 2007  
Bottle from the Coles Barleywine Festival. Deep and rich amber color, complex flavors, I quite enjoyed this one. Nicely done barley wine.


 chef201atc (249), Weatherford, Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/104/517/20
Feb 8, 2007  
Pour is a clear red tinted deep copper. Huge, light tan, foamy head. Nose is divine – sweet malt accentuated with hints of vanilla, cherries, and caramel. Medium-bodied, smooth, and silky mouthfeel. Taste is sweet caramel and roasted toffee. Hop bitterness in the end, but little hop flavor up-front. Overall a very good barley wine.


 vyvvy (2034), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Feb 8, 2007  
Pours clear bronze with a soapy tan head. The aroma is very hoppy with pineapple, coconut, spice, pine and heavily roasted malt. Full bodied with lots of soft frothy carbonation. Taste starts with the malt from the aroma along with woody and earthy hops. The finish has some spicy hops and a pleasant hop harshness. Very hop heavy enjoyable barleywine.


 frankenkitty (1900), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 8, 2007  
Pours a thick-hazed, melon-tinted bronze, while a fat & sticky head slowly leaves a fat and sticky lace. Aroma finds thick, citrus-laced toffee perfumed with florals and dry, peppery notes. Flavor finds a spicy hint of rye to a juicy, fruity base. This brew is pretty "big" with a healthy ABV hit. Thick & silky with a warming finish.

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