Appropriately, The Old Man and Death fable, is a darkly brewed beer. This Imperial Stout recipe pulls from our experience with past stouts with an added twist of rye that makes up about 14% of the grain bill was grown in Fallon, Nevada and micro malted at Rebel.  The base malt is a 2 row barley called 'Full Pint' that was bred at Oregon State University by Pat Hayes, grown in Brownsville, Oregon by Scott Sayer and then micro-malted in Colorado…a long strange trip.  It has slightly more nutty / biscuit flavor and works well with the spicy notes from the rye and the roasted malts. We racked this beer into a French oak wine barrel for aging. This beer has it all from layered aroma profile to a fully textured palate even with a low terminal gravity of 2 Plato (1.008 SPG) and 8.1 to 8.4% v / v Alcohol