Wheat Barleywine Ale.
The Manly Men Beer Club is proud to offer this new brew in its continuing quest to explore the outer reaches of the malt beverage universe.
Our head brewer, James Taylor*, was given the club’s challenge: brew a high gravity Hefeweizen while tempering the typical clove and banana notes. He began with a healthy amount of Bohemian Saaz hops, and a grain bill of equal parts malted barley & wheat berries. Then he swapped the German Weizen yeast in favor of an English Ale yeast, better suited for a Barleywine Ale. The result is a complex yet delicate beer with a soft mouthfeel which warms yet doesn’t overpower. We like to think of this beer as sort of a cross trainer between the classic unfiltered wheat style and a barley-wine ale, hence the name "El Hefe".
(*yes, he does play acoustic guitar).