Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

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

duvel tulip glass: there is a massive, tight, cremey, and off-white head that sparkles and lingers... it becomes rocky and airy with time, but oh does it take time... underneath the gorgeous head is a dark and fiery amber body accompanied by a great dark peach highlight. the taste is fantastic, the palate is wonderful, and the lacing left behind seems stickier than the salt that’s left on your car in the dead of urban winter. wow. this is sweet. this is huge! this is claiming to be god! (read the commercial description.) this is a helluva of a double IPA and definitely one of the best strong beers in the world! (of course, i'm very inexperienced at this point of time... but...)

I never thought that we would get this brew out here in Austin...get it at Grapevine my austinite friends. Woah!!! Very good. Pours a lovely copper color. Like molten bronze with a frothy head. Head is giant and never leaves my glass soo huge and creamy looking. Nose is of berries, hops, hops, hops and peanuts. No really berries hops and peanuts. Thats what’s in there you jerks!!! On the tongue the palate is exceptional. Excellently coating and at the same time nicely refreshing. To put it in my friends words...the palate lingers nicely after you have tasted the draught. Notes of Peanut butter, blueberries, hops...both floral and bitter. So quenching and refreshing. Excellent brew. If you can get your hands on it freaking drink it. G-rat

Amber orange beer with a thick light tan head. Surprisingly sweet fruity aroma with some hoppy tones but not a lot. Fresh and nice. Dry and bitter hoppy flavor with a sweet fruity middle. Flavorfull and very well balanced. Soft and smooth and really tasty. Thanks Jacob Lövenlund and MartinKubert for sharing!

On tap at Bukowski’s in Boston (around $6 for 12oz). The original beer-importing plan for this trip was to bring home some Great Divide Titan IPA, but that plan was foiled by me realizing that I can’t (legally) bring beer back home over the border to Canada duty free on this short trip... To drown my sorrows, I head to Bukowski’s to discover that they have the Great Divide Hercules Double IPA on tap! And oh my, was it good. Hoppy, full, wonderful. Every sip went down gloriously and the taste stayed in the mouth until I replaced it with something else. Heaven in a glass.

GIANT hoppy aroma! Flavor is of coursae, hoppy,with a tangy but smooth grapefruit flavor. Very good.

This is a nice one! Pours hazy light brown with a big off-white head. Big time aroma of grapefruit and other citrus aspects. Taste is grapefruit hoppiness at the start with a malty alcohol kick at the end. A great, well made double IPA.

Bottle: Excellent aroma. Tons of grapefruit hops with the malt balance creating somewhat of an orange aroma. Pours a transparent reddish-orange with a nice white head with a little yellow tinge with great retention. Excellent lacing. Initial maltiness is combined with a excellent grapefruit hop finish. Very well balanced. Not as sweet as some IIPA, but balanced extremely well. No alcohol is noticeable. Excellent beer. Have been waiting to try this for some time now.

This is one of the strongest and smoothest IPAs I’ve tasted. The malt smoothes it out, without deterring from the yummy hoppiness. Smells of grapefruit, tastes bittersweet. I didn’t know I could get this kind of flavor in a double IPA. It’s very attractive, retains the head well, begs to be enjoyed.