Old Ruffian is a hefty, hop-forward barleywine with subtle fruit aromas and complex caramel sweetness.
Old Ruffian is a hefty, hop-forward barleywine with subtle fruit aromas and complex caramel sweetness.
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Recipe
Gordon Strong provides readers with a recipe for a wheatwine. "Stan Hieronymus writes in Brewing with Wheat that wheatwine has its origins in modern American craft brewing, but that it was not intentional. A happy accident produced a higher gravity American wheat ale. The first modern commercial version is credited to Rubicon Brewing Company (Sacramento, California) in 1988, but many breweries now produce it as a limited edition winter release. Some examples are vintage-dated and oak-aged, suggesting they likely will continue to improve with age."
Recipe
This is an English-style barleywine brewed once each year and then aged in oak barrels several months before being released each fall.
