Limited Release of Sankt Gallen Barley Wine & Wheat Wine
SanktGallen is going to release el Diablo - Barley Wine and Un angel - Wheat Wine in November.
・Barley wine is a style of strong ale of 8-12% ABV, first brewed in England in the 1870s. Use of the word wine is due to its alcoholic strength similar to a wine.
・Wheat wine is a variation on the barley wine style, which uses a large quantity of wheat instead of barley. It is a relatively recent American craft beer style that was first brewed in the 1980s.
Characteristics of them: wine-like alcoholic strength, very rich ,complex and strongly malty aroma and flavor, strong fruitiness and sweetness, full-bodied and chewy mouthfeel.
Which come from much larger amount of barley/wheat and hops they use. They also take longer time to brew, usually a year or more.
el Diablo is brewed with massive amount of hops to balance with malt flavor; which causes.strong hoppiness and bitterness. In contrast, Un angel is brewed with wheat and relatively smaller amount of hops; which results ...
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