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Great Divide Old Ruffian

Percentile
99
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bottled
common

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available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8793.91/5.03.91/5.010.27%93.7Snifter
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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 Cletus (5057), Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 18, 2009  
Pours copper with a thin off white head. Smells of molasses, fruit, earthy, caramel. Tastes boozy and spicy with some toffee and honey on the finish.


 gringo332 (238), Richardson, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/105/515/20
Jul 17, 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.


 tokyogoat (509), 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 (6845), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 6, 2009    Updated: Nov 20, 2009
1. 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. 2. Cask Stillage from the Jug at the Denver Rare Beer Tasting, Wynkoop Brewery 25/09/2009 (2008 Vintage) Big fruit and hop aromas. Small white head. Amber coloured very strong in alcohol and fruity with a little dryness in a crisp and bitter malt finish.


 kidmartinek (985), 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 (98), 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 (705), 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 (225), 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.



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