Great Divide Denver Pale Ale

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

gotta love the mountain biker on the bottle draft at barley’s in greenville. pours a clear copper color with slight lacing. aroma is subtle with hints of rose, peach, grapefruit, and grass. flavor was very good and not over the top but also not that distictive. good balance of caramel malt and hop bitterness. finish was very clean. overall, a good everyday drinking beer.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange to yellow with a lacing white head. Fresh pineapple and peach aroma. Flavour is fresh hoppy with smooth peach and pineapple notes. Goes into a dry bitterness. Very fruity finish, refreshing.

The first thing about this beer is the tremendous head. I’ve had several bottles and each one gave a tall, thick, creamy head that slowly reduced, but never went away. It left great lacing on the glass. The beer poried a lightly hazy orange/amber color. There was a good amount of carbonation bubbles rising in the glass. Even with the thick head there was a nice grassy malt and hop aroma. The initial taste was of a crisp clean mild bite. The flavor rolled into a mild bitterness that grew slightly stronger on the palate. There is just a little sense of sweetness, but mostly a hoppy bite that lingers. Very good

12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Clear copper with ridiculous head that stood inches above the glass and lasted to the finish. Aroma of hop pellets and a little band-aid. Very dry bitter flavor with only a hint of sweet and fruitiness. Spicy bitter lingering finish. Not particularly well-balanced. An acceptable pale ale. I wouldn’t turn it down, but I wouldn’t order it or buy it again either.

Pours a clear light copper with a thick head that vanished over time. Aroma was mostly hops and flowers. Flavor was mostly malt and yeast with a very mildly orange and vanilla with a slight bitter finish.

Hazy orange with a huge and dense head. Hoppy aroma of orange and citrus. Creamy palate and bitter taste of grape. Lacks some malty background to settle the hops on. Nothing compared to the brewery’s IPA and IIPA.

Slight citrus aroma, with a touch of biscuit malts. Pours a clear golden color, with a thin white head. The flavor is slightly sweet, with noble hop flavors, and a slightly bitter finish. Nicely balanced, and very easy to drink.

12 oz. pours with perfect thick head and nice hazy, shimmering deep body. Aroma is heavily of honey, enticing, but could be stronger. Flavor is grassy with pine and light, low acid citrus. Palate is very wet with great carbonation and a satisfying mouthfeel. Overall, thoroughly enjoyable and only slightly lacking in flavor.