Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

	Percentile
	100
	overall

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
1531	4.02/5.0	4.02/5.0	9.1%	97.9	Snifter, Tulip

Commercial Description:
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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Veer (355), Landskrona, Sweden

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Aug 10, 2008

Aroma: heavy malty honey, decadent. Fresh, pineapple hop-profile... Slightly sappy. Slightly of alcohol, coconut, shampoo or soap... Vaguely flowery. More malty than typical.
Flavour: bitter, milky & sappy, mellow & slightly sweet malts... Hop bitterness that lasts througout the finish.
Palate: fluffy, milky, really delicious...
Appearance: (real) amber body w/ very weird yellowish, bubbly head... looks like something one should drink on a summery day in a mountain forest.

stouby (1936), Holbaek, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Aug 4, 2008

Draught at Nørrebro Bryghus. Light hazy, orange with alarge off white head. Aroma moderate malty (caramel), heavy hoppy (grassy). Flavor moderate sweet, heavy bitter, lots of alcohol. Full body.

Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Aug 3, 2008

Bottle at the White Horse, 12th July 2008 with renffisch. Pours a cloudy russet colour with a lacy head. Great aroma of grassy hops, marzipan and brown sugar. Tastes superb - hops and malt in harmony. The alcohol is pretty evident and the palate is rich and smooth like an English barley wine. A very drinkable strong beer.

larsniclas (3383), Gothenburg, Sweden

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Aug 2, 2008

Bottled. Deep copper with a medium, off-white head. Floral, grassy, nutty, hoppy seet aroma. Thick and oily palate. Sweet flavour with bitter licorice. Very seet and fruity with a pretty bitter end.

mansquito (821), Boston/Philadelphia, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Aug 2, 2008

Pours with a beige head and a clear amber color. Hops and flowers go straight to the nose. Really hoppy taste, that stays in the aftertaste as well. Flowery taste. Nice and complex. It is almost bready, but with a bite of doom in it.

Todeon (315), Sweden

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	17/20

Aug 2, 2008

Bottle. Well balanced! Flavor is a bít sticky sweet but at the same type really bitter with lots of fruity notes. Really nice hoptouch to it all. Great Double IPA!

FSUmac (2), , Tennessee, USA
does not count

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	9/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	18/20

Aug 2, 2008

Fantastic double IPA. Very well balanced. The hops are certainly there in abundance, but there is some malt there as well. Sticky mouthfeel. The alcohol will sneak up on you!

Kalli (474), Falun, Sweden

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Aug 1, 2008

Lovely reddish amber but the head vanishes mostly leaving not a lot of lacing. Pretty big aroma with apricots, caramel, citrus (orange or perhaps grape) in the aroma which finishes "winter fresh". Oily in the mouth and the alcohol warms immediately. All the way to my ears! Quite malty to back up the big hops, which I like, with a bit of roastiness. It’s bitter all the way through. Oily, bit resiny hops. It’s an odd elixir but I quite like it.

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