Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailDomination Ale

This style of beer is classified as an 'American' Barley Wine. The focus for this beer is its ABV, alcohol by volume, which typically ranges between 8-15%. Although the name implies that it is a 'wine' it is still a beer and a very strong and intense one at that. The American version tends to be heavily hopped in an attempt to balance the heavy sweet nature of this beer. Our focus was on both the malts and hops used during the brewing process. We chose to use double the amount of grain needed to provide the high ABV (we will never use adjuncts to lighten our grain bill - no sugars added). Thus our Barley Wine has a very rich, intense, and heavy body, the aroma and flavor of rye grain is very prominent . Our version is also very heavily hopped with a finishing IBU of 130 before barreling, thus balancing the sweetness of the body. This Barley Wine was brewed in January of 2012 and aged in Bourbon Barrels for 5 full months, thus imparting even more flavor to this very complex beer. Barley Wines are meant to be sipped and enjoyed in smaller fancier glasses. ARE YOU READY TO BE DOMINATED ??