Barley's Mother Earth
Fifteenth Anniversary Ale

Style Guidelines: An organic strong ale to celebrate our fifteenth anniversary. Strong and malty with enough hops to let you evaluate the ability of hop farmers to do put their best foot forward without pesticides or herbicides. We use malt and hops from around our globe. New Zealand Hallertau hops give this beer a floral, citrusy character similar to American Cascade.

Rotation Schedule: First tapping at Barley's Fifteenth Anniversary celebration on November 15, 2007.

Food Pairings: A juicy, hormone-free porterhouse steak, a peaty Islay single malt; strong hard artisan cheese.

Body: full

Color: deep amber

Grain: organic British Pale, organic German Cara Munich (crystal), organic American 120 L dark Caramel

Bittering Hops: organic German Saphir and organic German Tradition

Finishing Hops: organic German Saphir and organic German Tradition

Dry Hops: organic New Zealand Hallertau

Original Gravity: 1.080

IBUs (estimate): 60

Alcohol By Volume: 8.0 %

First Tapped: due November 15, 2007 during our evening Anniversary celebration

Imagine.

As progressive a culture as we have, we take many short cuts to that progress.

Agribusiness has grown huge by taking many of its own shortcuts. While profitability is not a dirty word, we no longer really know what we're eating,, in the name of progress.

For our fifteenth anniversary, we thought about the history of beer and brewing, and what we've accomplished in bringing back styles of beer that were almost extinct.

We pay homage to the great brewing traditions by recognizing that some on our planet still do honest work.

We sourced organic ingredients from around our planet. The result is our Fifteenth Anniversary Ale.

We call it, simply,
Mother Earth.

Imagine.

Barley's Brewing Company Ale House No. 1xxxxx 467 North High Street Columbus OH 43215