Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Denver, Colorado USA

Bomber: Pours copper with a big beige head. Big aroma of pine and grapefruit, just like I like my IIPAs. Creamy body, sweet caramel, massive hops. Alcohol is well hidden. Very tasty.

Nice amber color with web-like white lacing. Aroma is sweet grapefruit, caramel and kiwi strawberries. Not that ruinous on the palate, but there’s a significant elevated hop profile. Sweet pineapple, almond crusted and grassy flavors. Hot, sweet and curling at the corners. Respectable. Thanks for getting the bottle, tpkenned!

Amber with a large head, good lacing and retention. Aroma is grapefruit, pine, wood, caramel. Medium bodied, moderate bitterness, slightly syrupy mouthfeel. The first time I had this it blew my mind. The 2nd time it was still really enjoyable. This time it’s still good but nothing makes it stand out among IIPAs.

On tap, amber color with white head. This is one extremely hoppy beer, a good IBU giving it plenty of bitterness. Well balanced with the malt.

A dark orange appearance with a moderate off white head. The flavor is a nice kick of hops with some orange citrus, bread, pine , and caramel in the flavor. The aroma is pretty much the same and quite enjoyable. A bitter finish that leaves a citrus sting in your mouth. Yet another fantastic Double IPA!

Copper color with a thich creamy head. Hoppy aroma with very floral aromas. Hop flavors with a slight carmel and malty character. You can almost bite into the hops.

Bottle at RBESG Grand Tasting 05. Unbelievable aroma - perfect hop profile. Delicious hops in the taste - fresh, fruity and slightly sweet to begin, dry, firm, bitter and crisp to finish. Long aftertaste, which suits me just fine. Almost perfect - I could drink this all day.

bottle. this is a bottle that the aroma grips you before you pour it. so i’ll describe the aroma first. as i frequently do when tasting ipa’s. aroma is hop, more hops, a few more hops, some cairo syrup, pine needles and more hops. grapefruit flavor and aroma comes through in this. the appearance is a starfruit orange, with a glistening dark body. a nice appearance. flavor is also heavily hopped. but it has undertones of grapefruit, lemon and other assorted citrus flavors. the hops really mellow out to allow for these flavors. finishes is also bitter with acidic fruit. this beer is a little over hopped, but not too bad.