A well aged review

I got a little blast from the past in my Google Alerts this morning. A review of a 2007 beer called Alliance from hopzine.com.

Since I’d never heard of this barleywine I had to ask Garrett what it was all about. He said, “Alliance is a barley wine that I brewed with the folks at The Thornbridge Brewery in Derbyshire, England in 2007. It was a collaboration between us, Thornbridge, and the Kelham Island brewery of Sheffield, using each of our breweries’ yeasts. Brewing took almost 12 hours and we all signed the kettle afterwards – it was great fun! Later, Thornbridge released the beer in various versions, including a few wood-aged renditions. We made only about 15 barrels, so bottles are pretty rare, but it’s nice to see how much people are enjoying the beer.”

And there you have it. Mystery solved.