Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

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

Deep amber colour with a dense tan head. Hoppy aroma with a pineapple fruity sweetness. Massive hoppy bitter taste with a light fruityness. Light malty buttery and a smooth mouthfeel. Long dry finish.

Bottled - thanks to Reakt for fetching from Utobeer. A gingery amber coloured beer with a decent whitish head. This is all about the hops, but there are sweet balancing malts as well. Some toffee notes also. The hops in the nose and piney and far reaching. Lovely alcohol. just a delicious beer.

Thanks to Juancho. Geat double IPA. Pours a great golden color with a mediuem head. Smoky, nutty, malty flavor and hops. Simply great.

22 oz bomber. Pours clear, orange/amber color. Big, frothy head that dissipates slowly and leaves lacing. Aroma of hops and citrus (grapefruit). Full hoppy, but clean, taste, with bitter finish. High abv is barely tasted, but you sure can feel it after one of these bottles! In sum, this is not a complex beer - just a clean blast of deliciously pure hoppiness!

On draft. Pours a hazy, dark orange with thick off-white head. Probably as much lace as I’ve ever seen in a glass. Nose is a blast of pine and citrusy hops. Flavor is loaded with hops and plenty bitter but also nice and malty. A fantastic beer.

Bronze. Off-white head. I love hops. Big hops with hints of sweet malt in the nose. All hops up front, more balanced in the finish, aftertaste is bitter hops again. Medium body. Fit for this god anyway, but to each his own. If you don’t dig the hops, steer clear of the dumbell.

November 2005. Beautiful hazy and amber red beer with a huge and creamy head. The aroma is outstanding with lots of hops. The mouthfeel is oily. The flavour - wooow - the notes of generous measures of hops are on hold on my tongue waiting to be processed. The aroma hops takes the lead in this nice and bitter flavour, that never becomes harsh or too citrussy. On the contrary it also has smooth, lightly sweet notes of caramel and nuts, well guarded by the bitterness, of course. It’s simply the very best IPA I tasted at this point. It’s incredibly full-bodied and well balanced - very nice indeed!!

Bottle from Belmont Station, Portland. Cloudy copper with beige head. Great aroma of strong hop, but some toffee too. Good malty structure to pull off the hops, which it does. Lovely flavours. I love the big hop finish, but it doesn’t seem to be unbalanced. Great big toffee malt carries it through and although bitter it isn’t astringent. Some sweetness from malt and alcohol. I loved it. Mind you I needed a drink after almost dying in car coming back from the coast.