Great Divide Fresh Hop Pale Ale

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

Clear amber with medium off white head. Sweet and hoppy aroma with caramel and citric notes. Flavor is fairly hoppy with caramel and grapefruit notes. Ends bitter.

RateBeer Rating, Style and Glass: 94, American Pale Ale, Lager glass, shaker ABV, Volume & Calories: 6.1 % in 22fl oz. estimated at 300 C Purchased at: OakTree in South Plainsfield, NJ for $7.49 Aroma: sweet, cascade hops, honey, anise. 9 out of 10. Visuals: cloudy with fresh hop floaters, golden, bronze, strong, wispy white head, great lace. 5 out of 5. Taste: so very deeply bitter, hoppy, fantastic, well crafted. 10 out of 10. Palate: crisp, sandy, rough, electric, long, bitter, delicious finish. 5 out of 5. Overall: Wow. Great Divide just doesn’t make a bad brew. The floating bittering hops do the job completely. I will most definitely seek this out again. It’s an absolute favorite, and very well crafted. 20 out of 20.

Pours slightly hazy light amber with foamy beige head. Aroma is grassy hops with citrus and pine poking through as well. Flavor is incredible well hopped and well balanced. Hop character is citrus and pine with some resinous aspects as well. Palate is sticky and resinous subsiding into a dry, hoppy finish. A tad thin on the palate, but quite good for the style. Complexity of hop character is unmatched by any other APA i’ve had- this one is definitely a winner.

22oz. bomber at Table Rock. Bought last two bottles in store on sale, so they were a little old I’ll re-rate this fall. Slightly hazy amber copper color with thin off white head that left good lacing. Freshly opened bag of hops aroma. Light flavor of green and citrus hop with light balancing malt inthe background. Light body, soft carb., and dry texture and feel. A really good beer with rough edges that would probably be better in season.

(Bottle) Pours an amber colour with an off-white head. The aroma is mild hoppy and toasted malty with tones of flowers, mild pine, tea, apricot and light caramel. The flavour is medium hoppy and light to medium malty with tones of tea, flowers, mild pine some toast and caramel. Citric bitter with a medium resiny afterbitternesss. The mouthfeel is smooth and dry. Medium bodied.

Upon opening, the aroma is full of citrusey hops. Pours amber with some white head. Fairly carbonated. First notes to hit your tongue are a refreshing citrus flavor followed by a nice, balanced bitterness. Very dry and refreshing.

Amber w&/ small pale head. Caramel malty nose, citric fruity hops. Same goes for flavor, with little pine on the side. Nicely bitter finish. Medium bodied, smoothly carbonated palate. I guess it’d be better, like the name says, fresh.

(Draught at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-03-03) Amber and lightly hazy. Medium sized and quite quickly disappearing white head. Fruitiness and grass in aroma with some malty notes. Full bodied, bit soft and dry palate with quite high carbonation. Malts, hops, bitterness, fruitiness, grass, bread and hint of sweetness in taste. Malty and bitter aftertaste. Old rating, bottled version: 7-4-6-3-12=3.2