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Great Divide Hades

Percentile
64
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3413.18/5.03.18/5.07.3%63.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Hades is brewed with a rare Belgian yeast strain that gives a complex spicy flavor and aroma. Noticeable hops and medium malt character make it an extremely well-balanced, crisp ale. Hades goes great with a bowl of fresh mussels, crusty bread, and virtually any artesian cheese.
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 RSRIZZO (1362), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 26, 2007  
Had this beer on 7/29/2007. Aroma is a sweet crisp scent. Color is a pale hazy yellow with good carbonation and thin head. Taste is crisp and bitter. Starting with a light/medium body it goes down crisp. Finish comes on with mild sweet malt flavor back by a sour yeast taste then ends dry with a nice bitterness. Its a bit more bitter then I feel a Strong Golden should be and the Belgian taste is a bit light.


 bager (2121), Copenhagen N, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 26, 2007  
Bottled. Hazy golden coloured with a rather large offwhite head. Quite fruity with notes of banana, yeast, spices and caramel.


 BeerPrince (1701), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 26, 2007  
Hazy and blond with nice sized lasting head. Aroma is spicy and yeasty with a touch of candy sugar. Sweet upfront before thinning as it finishes. Malts are not overly deep to keep this one thick.


 redlight (1460), Winter Park, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Sep 25, 2007  
Alcohol, spicy, with hints of banana in the aroma. Pours very light blonde with little head. Spicy, some citrus, cereal grain flavors, a little bit of banana fruitiness, metalic aftertaste that lingers. Not sure if i like this one. Although i love most everything they brew.


 Angeloregon (2025), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 25, 2007  
Poured a golden clear body with a miniscule white and wispy head. Bright, fruity and yeasty nose. Notes of banana, liquorish, and candied oranges. Well-balanced aside from a strong PNW hop presence.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/512/20
Sep 25, 2007  
Bottle sampled. I expected more since i love the Belgian styles, more so than anything else. Pours golden with a small white sparse head. Aroma of citrus, yeast, light fruit, and sweetness. The flavor is citrus, spicey hops, yeast, and some sweetness. Very few breweries in the USA have mastered the art of Belgian style brewing, this is not one of the few who have.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 24, 2007  
Bottle from Capone’s. I love seeing mew Great Divide beers, but this is the second in a row (after Samurai( that I must call a disappointment. Very pale gold pour with an aroma that is malt liquory, with some hopcit, fruit, big grainy malt, and some funky yeasty notes, and a flavor that has hopcitrus, pale malt, funky notes, and even a tad of sake flavor. Not my cup of tea, this.


 PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/104/514/20
Sep 23, 2007  
Bottle: Fairly clear golden pour with a thin whtie head. Very light hop character inthe aroma. Some estery fruitiness, lemon-zest, yeast, dough, and some crystal malt. Simple. Dense, tightly carbonated body. The flavor has an evident Belgian yeast character overall. There’s some banana esters, along with mild balancing spiciness. The alcohol gives it a peppery touch. The sweetness in the background is slightly reminiscent of bubblegum. A decent Belgian effort. Quite quaffable.



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