Gales of November
Luce Line Brewery

Gales of November is a new Barleywine. We did a double mash, using the amount of grains needed to produce two beers to produce one extremely thick, viscous and high gravity beer. We used over a ton of English Maris Otter malt as our base to create a biscuity malt base. We then sprinkled in some crystal malts and a touch of chocolate malt to darken the color to almost black and to add some caramel, toffee and chocolate notes. We hopped it with American grown Columbus and Centennial to add enough bitterness to balance out the sweetness of the beer but without making it overly hoppy. Gales of November is darker and higher in ABV than most English Barleywines but isn’t quite hoppy enough to be classified as an American Barleywine. The finished beer is dark and thick with notes of caramel, toffee, dried fruits, subtle chocolates with a bit of heat from the alcohol.