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Great Divide Hercules Double IPA 4.02 1537

Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

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100
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bottled
common

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
15374.02/5.04.02/5.09.1%97.9Snifter, 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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 BuckeyeBoy (1674), Boise, Idaho, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 10, 2007  
22oz Bottle pours out a nice amber topped with a off white head. GREAT aroma and tast of HOPS. Also picked up some sweetness and a little malt. Ver good Double.


 JB175 (1664), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Aug 12, 2006  
22 oz bottle. Nice light mohagany pour with light head. Smooth piney hop aroma that gets your mouth watering. Starts off with a nice malty sweetness giving way to very nice hop taste with wonderful bitterness tickling the palate. Very well balanced. This is my first experience with a great divide beer and I am quite pleased - I can see why this D/IIPA is rated so high.


 hayduke (1664), Eureka, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Sep 4, 2008  
From a 22 oz bottle this poured an attractive dark orange almost tending toward copper with a nice white head and good lacing. Very attractive. Nose is a complex mixture of hops, with pine, citrus, and flowers. Miouthfeel is fairly full but the flavors are so overwhelming you hardly notice because your taste buds are dancing. This is a true hop bomb but manages it better than most .Great bitter finish. Fantastic beer. Rating number 1100. I get music.


 GG (1656), NorCal, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 22, 2006  
Yet another top notch brew from Great Divide. I thouroughly enjoy their beers and this did not disappoint at all! Intense all the way around but drinkable as any DIPA can be. Aroma was not overpowering but assertive in the hop and malt characters. It lets you know you are consuming a DIPA but it won’t melt the nose hairs like some DIPA’s can (not that it’s a bad thing). Appearance was simply copper in color, nice head. Moutfheel is medium-bodied. Flavors were excellent, very nicely balanced between hops and malt with neither overpowering the other. Easily one of the best DIPA’s I’ve had.


 MrManning (1655), London, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Bottle from Ryan’s Party store in Port Huron ON- A deep and hazy orangey pour with a frothy and sticky white cap. Nice lace here too. Full on piney and floral hops, orange and grapefruit, heavy on the fruity malts, some bready notes. Nice hop profile in the flavour department. Orange and grapefruit again, with mango and apricot sweetness. A bit of pine/sap comes through. Balanced malts and hops, no trace of the ABV. Quite well made. Thanks for picking this up for me Chris and Erin!


 Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Feb 9, 2005  
Pours dirty orange copper color. Has a huge white head that lasts forever. Has a huge piney hop aroma with sweet malt present also. Taste exactly like it smells. Was even smoother as it warmed. Very fine brew.


 Marsiblursi (1652), Göteborg, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Jun 20, 2006  
(Bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Pours dark amber with a sand-shaded head. Smells pine, boiled eggs(!) and alcohol. Exotic fruits. Sugary. Taste: Bitter and sweet, well balanced. Pine, exotic fruits. Ripe cheese. Alcohol sweetness. Menthol. Syrup. Finishes with a big, sweet afterbitterness.


 Butters (1651), Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 20, 2008  
2003 bottle. Extremely hoppy barlywine. I liked it, no one else did. I’ll rerate a fresh bottle.



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