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Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

Great Divide Hercules Double IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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100
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Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Denver, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
15204.02/5.04.02/5.09.1%97.8Snifter, Tulip
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Hoppier, maltier and with more alcohol than a standard IPA, Hercules Double IPA definitely is not for the faint of heart. Hercules Double IPA is, however, an elixir fit for the gods. A brash but creamy wonder, Hercules pours a deep orange-coppery color, forming substantial lace in the glass. Hercules Double IPA delivers a huge amount of piney, floral, and citrusy hop aroma and flavor from start to finish. A hefty backbone of nutty, toffee-like malt character balances Hercules' aggressive, punchy hop profile. 85 International Bittering Units (IBUs).
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 joeneugs (282), Livermore, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/517/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Pours orange with an orange head. Very fruity aroma with peach, mango, and orange. Flavor is nicely malty and extremely bitter with caramel and melon rind. Very thick bodied. A super potent double IPA.


GV (16), , Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/517/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Dark amber color. Malty and toffee aroma with hint of hops. Aroma reminds a bit of Rogue Dead Guy Ale, but with less pronounced hops. Flavour starts with hops and then there is tofee and caramel fighting with the alcohol and hop bitterness. At the end the hop biterness wins. Tasty! Ps. It does give that oily/sticky/heavy feeling which usualy exists in high alcohol beers (except Belgian strong ales), but this one is well balanced and not toooo heavy.


 tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 27, 2009  
Pours a golden copper with a metric shit ton of sea monkeys floating around in it. Aroma is big on pine hops, earthy, floral, pine, but also a nice caramel scent. Flavor is very hop forward, strong but clean hop bitterness, nice oily pine hop resin flavors, not balanced, but supported with a nice sweet caramel back. Easily the best non CA DIPA I have had yet.


 thirdeye11 (403), Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 26, 2009  
( 22oz bomber) pours clear orange with decent head and creamy lacing. Nose is bready, yeast, and no detectable alcohol presence. Taste of grapefruit resins, balanced nicely with sweet citrus. No bad lingers here. Nicely thick body. Almost nothing wrong with this one!


 MmmcKay (269), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 26, 2009  
Smells like a dry hop. Big malt presence as well on the nose. Malty as hell on the palette. Dry resiny hops don’t kick in full force until the finish. I’ll give it a few extra points for its unique maltiness. Don’ t see that often in an IPA. Pretty damn good.


 sirpsycho (342), Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 26, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a hazy copper, small off-white head that settles down rather quickly. Lots of sweet citrus notes and hops in the aroma. Sweet hops, citrus and malt dominate the flavor profile, with caramel showing it’s presence in a subtle way. The finish is a long and satisfying dry bitterness.


Weedking4 (33), Stratford, Ontario, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 25, 2009  
22oz bomber. Poured a orange/golden clear. My bottle said it was 10.1% and you couldn’t taste any alc% at all. Very damn tasty, and easy to drink. Very fucking solid beer.


dand645 (62), Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 24, 2009  
golden pour, white head...hops, hops, hops, and more hops...did I mention it has a bit of hop bitterness, over the top fresh, crisp, grassy hops



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