Great Divide Hades

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

12 oz bottle at Butters’ 4th Cellar Reduction. Pours a white lacing head with a hazy golden body. Smells of yeast, banana, citrus, and clove. Tastes the same but with a cloying sweetness.

Bottle. Obviously a Duvel sub, this has the similar pale straw color, but the head lacks the fluffiness. Pear, bananna, and light spices are pleasing, with an esthery finish.

Pours a medium gold with a nice but short lived white head and lots of visible carbonation. Nose is nice....a bit more like a White, to be honest, with a good yeasty, malt character. Flavor is full but short with nice notes from the yeast and spices.

Draft at the tasting room. Pours a thinnish head of poor duration over a clear light yellow (SRM 10) body, no lacing .....nose is of light Belgian yeast type phenols with light clove, allspice, coriander tones.....taste is rather milder than anticipated, but again the usual clove, allspice came through, although somewhat light,this is nicely dry throughout, and alcohol flavors were always there...mouth feel is quite appropriate for the style.

THOUGHTS: Decent, but nothing special. It hid the alcohol well. Belgian, yet a little British too. Too yeast heavy for me though. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a slightly cloudy, medium to dark golden with a very small head that was too small to tell what color it was. It mostly diminished. The aroma was light to moderate hops, moderate yeast, honey, alcohol, and spices. The initial flavor was lightly sweet and acidic; while the finish was sweet, acidic, slightly sour and slightly bitter with a bit of a short duration. There was candy sugar, spices, yeast, apple, and metallic, earthy hops. The light to medium body was fairly dry with fizzy carbonation and a dry, lightly astringent and lightly alcoholic finish.

Clear golden color and pours a thick white head but that fades to a thin layer. The aroma is yeasty, quite malty, with faint traces of spice and fruits. The flavor here is alright but I admit it’s a little strange. Malty, some hops too but I’ll say it’s more malty tasting, sweet, and a blend of yeast, banana, and spice. The beer finishes very sour. Again, it’s alright but something seems off with this beer. After hearing someone talk very positively about this I am a little disappointed.

No color, little head. Aroma is heavy on corn and the taste, while there are a few spices, is mostly of a cheap pale lager. There are way better Belgians out there.

12oz bottle. Pours a crystal clear, yellow-golden body with a thin, white, fizzy head that dissipates quickly and leaves a very light lacing. Aroma is spicy and fruity Belgian yeast, white pepper, clove, sour citrus, and a sharper grassy hop. Flavor is spicy, grapes, sharper pepper, yeast, clove, sour citrus, banana, and a moderate rough bitterness. Finishes dry with a light alcohol burn. Distinct Belgian yeast, spice, medicinal, grassy bitterness in the aftertaste that lingers for a moderate duration. Palate is medium bodied, crisp, and medium to heavily carbonated. Overall, a little rough around the edges, but I kinda liked that aspect. Remained well balanced. Not bad.