Great Divide Hades

22 oz bottle from Beerworld of Largo. Hazy blonde in color with a medium sized off white head that retains well and leaves some nice belgian lacing on the glass. Aroma: very nice with alot of musty basement and light notes of bread, lemon zest, spices, spicy hops and fresh pale malt. Taste is a bit weird however, starts off nice with a light honey sweetness, pale malt, and then becomes quite harsh across the palate- overly bitter grassy hops, a bit acidic, watery, bland and muddled. bone dry. Not good but this appears to be the first attempt at a belgian for them- I am sure GD will dial this one soon as they are a quality brewery.

22oz. Pours a clear amber, with a massive white head (although I attempted it one-handed). Head settles to a sliver after a few minutes, with some moderate lacing. Odd malty aroma, and clear appearance, gives you a first impression of Old English. However, flavor is all-together different. Well balanced malt/hops with a strong flavor of lemon, banana, cloves and cinnamon. It was a shock that the 7.x% alcohol isn’t noticable. The mouthfeel is light, and mostly uncarbonated. The commercial description is "complex" but I’d say "strange". Not terrible, but not a far from a favorite.

Cloudy pale yellow that creates a tall thin white head. Yeasty aroma, lemon, honey, and light spice as well. Flavor is refreshingly light, some honey, and yeast with a light spiciness in the finish.

A mid-sized white head, quickly fades to a frothy ring of bubbles. The body revealed is a translucent pale golden with a pretty glow. Nonetheless, this looks bland. alcohol is mild but still penetrates the senses in the first inhalation. Festering grains are plentiful, a mild dose of candi sugar mingles with faint mustiness. Grassy hops are timid. Banana esters keep the nose very sweet and standard. Lemon, pineapple and orange juices provide a crisp backdrop, keeping maltiness at bay. the flavor is very highly sweet and cloying. This is coupled with boisterous acidity and the rseults are tongue-crunching. Peppery yeast and heavier fruit notes make this very unappetizing. This would probably go well with some seafodd, but only in very small doses. The mouthfeel is modestly carbonated but prickly, cloying and sticky and watery. Grassy hops and sweet sugars are tumultuous in the finish.

Pours a clear golden color. Aroma is grainy, some malt, lemon zest, apple juice, candi sugar and a bit of yeast. The flavor is more of the same, but seems to be a bit jumbled. Odd "burn" on the finish, not my cuppa.

Pours a clear golden with a diminishing white head. Sweet with aromas of caramel and banais Belgian yeast, Medium to full bodied. Medium carbonation. Sweet, slightly dry finish. OK, but not GD standard.

Picked up 22-oz bomber from Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a clear golden blonde brew with a thin and fast dissolving white head that leaves behind a fine film and some spotty lacing around the white ring. Aroma of typical Belgian banana ester yeast, some multi-grain malt lemon zest, and a touch of apple. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with some white pepper, grassy hops and a touch of multi-grain malt. Finish has a good balance of dry and semi-sweet character with a slight grassy hop aftertaste. I did not pick a lot of alcohol presence in this beer.

Poured a light light golden color with tons of carbonation, small head and almost no lacing. Aroma was yeast and grass not what i expected at all. Flavor was to much grass and yeast not sure if this should even be a belgian. Not a good beer at all train wreck if you ask me.