Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

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

22 oz. bomber at The Map Room. Pours a cloudy amber/orange. There are mild fruits and malts on the nose along with the usual pine and citrus. The taste was at a bit sweet with a large malt presence. As i made my way through the bottle it really started to grow on me and the balance struck me as nothing short of spectacular. This one is really nice.

22 oz bottle, all mine, as it should be - Pours a murky dark orange with a big head that leaves a bit of lacing. The citrus hops aroma is very assertive and very nice. High quality hops are apparent immediately. The flavor is, of course, very hoppy. Citrus notes come through and the intense hops are well balanced by a big malt presence. The palate is full bodied and the long, bitter hops finish is a real treat. Excellent.

12oz Bottle @ Coles Buffalo NY. Holy hop monster. Orangish Amber color with huge citrus floral hop aroma. Very smooth DIPA despite 9+ ABV. Malts at the end tend smooth everything out just right

bottle. pours a hazy orangered colour witha large ofwhite fluffy head with lacing. aroma is earthy hops, caramel malt. flavour is piney, grapefruit hops and nice toffee sweet malt in the back. this finishes with just the right bitterness. very smooth IIPA that has a dominating hop presence up front, but seems to balance out in the end. pretty close to what i have been looking for in a IIPA.

This beer was dark gold almost amber. The head is small 1/2 inch at most and goes away pretty quickly. The hops blend in well with the aroma of the malt. I can detect both, but the hops win out as they should for this style. While in the mouth you can detect the balance between the malt and the hops. It is very good and the hops do not overwhelm you. Now the after taste is quite different. Definite hop bite on the back of the tounge. Ah, yes! Crisp! (Just burped. Talk about after taste. All hop. ) The warmer the beer gets the more the malt exerts itself. It is very smooth and to me has just the right amount of carbonation. Anyone who tries this should let it wander all over the palate. You get the hops, but the malt comes out and reminds you it is there. If you just take a swaller and drink it right down all you get is hops. Drink it slow, let it wander, and enjoy.

The color is amber,the aroma is of citrus and fruit. The alcohol % does not alter the taste of hops. The bitter after taste is one that I like most of all.Very good beer.

Poured from a 22 oz. bomber to a golden orange with some suspended particles. Off-white head lingers through entire glass, and leaves excellent lacing. Aroma is very much hops and grapefruit citrus, and flavor is much the same. At mid-glass, as beer warms, the alcohol presence becomes much more noticeable, and it overall leads to a very long, smooth and warming finish. This is a really good beer.

This brew is a nice citrus hop-bomb of an IPA. Pours a nice deep copper color and leaves big thick lacing rings around the glass. Citrus flavors definitely dominate this DIPA, especially grapefruit. Very tasty, if you see it, then pick it up!