Great Divide Hades

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

Tap, Great Divide Taproom in Denver. Shiny gold, smallish white head. Briny salt and poolwater aroma, heather honey. Dill and mint, herbal hop finish. Light body, and rather sneaky at 7.3%. Pleasant glass.

Yellow orange with a fairly substantial white head. Aroma of bubblegum , ginger and other spices with just a hint of wet dog. Taste is fairly dry, and also contains bubblegum and clove. Slight grainy astringency in finish with lingering pear notes. $2/12oz

Pours a clear yellow color with a medium sized white head. Fairly dense that head. Aroma is full of apple juice. Sweet, simple, malt forward beer with a rich apple and plum flavor and a faint bitterness at the finish. I split this bomber with a hop-hating lager head and they thought this was fantastic. I think it’s enjoyable on a hot day when you need something a little stronger.

has a nice yeasty spice aroma, nice spice malt taste with a nice blend of hops, very nice.

Appearance: Pours a clear, sparkling light yellow body with a white, creamy head. Smell: A sweet-smelling grainy nose with hints of yeast, pineapple, banana, and perfumy hops. Taste: Again, sweetish and grainy, but with a pronounced, sweet lemony flavor and lesser notes of yeast and banana. Light, spicy hops lend a bit of bitterness to the lightly acidic, semi-sweet finish. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Moderate carbonation. Drinkability: I will say that when faced with the task of soothing my harried nerves after navigating my way through Atlanta traffic, the Great Divide Hades did a bang up job.

tap at falling rock. golden, clear, thin head. clean aroma, spice, corriander, yeast, banana aroma. smooth and creamy body. palate follows aroma. nice easy drinker.

Bottled in June of this year. Pours with a sparkling golden color and a brilliant white, creamy-pillowy, average head; a decent amount sticks around and is very persistant leaving no lace. Nose is simple but pleasant; notes of grain, yeast, banana esters, honey, and lightly peppery spices with a bit of perfumey notes. Flavor is much spicier and more tilted towards the hops than I would have thought; pepper is noticable quickly with dominance almost followed by honey, light esters, light yeast, and a hint of fruits (pear maybe). Hop flavors filter in and dry out with more spice, hay, and an herbal note (I saw lavender in some notes) leaving the malt notes to disappear and a moderately high bitterness to take over. Palate is less than medium, somewhat creamy, and lively. Finishes mostly bitter with pepper spices bringing some warmth and dryness, yeast, and the lavender note. Somewhat like a strong golden Belgian but with more hops and plenty of spice. Pepper spicing and noticable hops create a good bitterness but malt complexity is lacking as well as fruit notes. Interesting American version of this Duvel-type.

22 oz bottle. Golden color, nice aroma of bubble gum, clove, and spice. Flavor is much of the same. Pretty standard Belgian Ale, but very solid. Surprised by the relatively low score.