Great Divide Denver Pale Ale

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

A clear copper beer with a small whitish head that doesn’t last. Aroma is pretty weak, there’s a little bit of caramel malt and perhaps some spice, but maybe it’s just my imagination. Seriously, there’s not much there. The flavor offers a little bit more, there’s some malt and a bit of spicy hops with the associated bitterness. Feels watery. This brewery makes some great beers, but this ain’t one of them.

I poured this chilled from a bottle. There is virtually no head and little aroma. Mostly that of coriander seeds, pleasant but slight. A lovely golden color golden, crystal clear with delicate carbonation. It really quit gorgeous except for the lack of head. The flavor is nice surprise, Its well balanced; slight sweet out of gate followed immediately by a pleasant bitterness. The mouth feel is a little light but still nice and it has a nice finish. I think the new recipe worth trying.

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden amber with a big white head. Fruity aroma with some citric notes. Flavour is hoppy and bitter with a long bitter aftertaste.

Sample at EBF Copenhagen. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers and hops.

Very cloudy, bright yellow, darkens toward honey-golden at the top of the glass. Rich aroma has strong overtone of orange. Flavor is somewhat wheaty and has a strong orange component and some hop hints. This tastes more like a wheat beer than a pale ale. Texture is smooth and pleasing.

Amber pour, medium white head. Aroma smells of an IPA, flavor is a mix of a pale ale and an IPA. Too bad the pale ale gets the better of the IPA. This is a great beer after a hot game of beach volleyball. Crisp and refreshing.

This had a VERY hoppy smell but not such a hoppy flavor. It was a little bit weak for my liking but it had good quality to it.

Clear golden light amber pour with disipating off-white head and some lacing. Sweet fruity earth hop aroma, very floral. Lots of hop flavor, almost like a bouquet of flowers. Bitter hop finish. Decent example of style.