Great Divide Hades

(Bottle, thanks ekstedt) Pours yellow to light golden. The aroma is of fruit and spicy yeast with tones of white pepper, light banana, apple, lemon peel and bubblegum. Undertones of toasty/bready malt and floral/herbal hops. The flavour is yeasty, fruity and spicy. Bit herbal and floral in the flavour as well. The mouthfeel is spicy, clean and a bit watery. Light to medium sweet, light bitter with a light acid touch. Medium bodied.

Pours a golden yellow with a white, mostly diminishing head and virtually no lacing. The aroma smells of a belgian, don’t smell any hops but I’ve been sitting on this for a few months. The initial flavor is bitter and has the taste of a belgian. The body is light, the texture watery and the carbonation soft. I haven’t been into Belgians for a while and this has the Belgian taste to me. I’m not crazy about it but some of my friends who are more into Belgians and wheats might appreciate it more.

Pours a thin clear light straw color with a few stray bits of white foam floating around. Mild Belgian yeastiness and sugar, vaguely citric aroma, almost funky. Taste is slightly sweet and real grainy, mild Belgian yeast tones. Tastes real thin, like mixed Duvel and water together.

Up front it’s just lemon and some raw grain (a bit bready). A light hoppiness in the back and a bitterness makes this feel more like a golden ale with some belgian yeast. A little bit of a lemony tang and some hints of corriander. Pretty good, but hardly memorable. Probably the first beer I can think of that crosses Belgian and American without taking it to IPA or Imperial extremes. I guess I feel like it’s fine, but I’d rather have either a full out Belgian or IPA, rather than a dumbed down cross breed.

This beer poured out a very pale shade of yellow and developed a steady head that was smallish when compared to the standard bearer Duvel which supplied the Tulip glass. The smell was clean, sweet, and floral. The hop notes typical in the other Great Divide beers were completely absent. The was too cloyingly sweet for a beer of this style. I prefer my Belgian Pale Ales bone dry, and the yeast strain they chose seemed not up to par to do the job needed. Pepper, vanilla, and pear notes were present, but candi sugar dominated them all. Mouthfeel was medium, but lacked that necessary crisp snap. Not a good choice if one needs to start on Journey towards Belgian style beers.

Pours clear, pale golden with a nice, white, mostly diminishing head. Yasty nose with some floral hop aroma and notes of light malt and fruits like apples. Sweet flavour with spices like coreander. Watery texture. Light bodied. Pleasant bitter finish. Enjoyable and balanced but nothing special. Too expensive compared to the quality.

It’s golden like the average pilsner and the head is huge and nice. The aroma is spicy, slightly fruity, sweet and yeasty. The flavour has sweetness, notes of spice, yeast, light fruits and a citrussy bitterness in the finish. It’s quite OK and harmonic, but not outstanding - so stick to the nice US style you have!

In the bomber bottle from Total Beverage. Pours dark gold with a large thick and creamy white head. Fruity aroma. Flavor is like Juicy Fruit Gum with a candy lemon drop (but not citrus). A fairly boring beer otherwise.