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Great Divide Messiah


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Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Denver, Colorado USA

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33.93/5.03.14/5.0Special9.1%0Snifter, Tulip

Commercial Description:
Belgian Double IPA.

Editor’s Note: likely Hercules (or a variation of it) fermented with a Belgian yeast strain.
 RSRIZZO (1345), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/514/20
Jun 8, 2009  
Had on tap at Great Divide 15th Anniversary Party. Color is a very hazy orange brown with good carbonation and a thick tight head. Aroma is strong and a little odd with a hay like hop scent mixed with some pine and a mild fruity yeast scent. It starts with a heavier medium body that goes down with a nice smooth feel. Finish comes in sweet with the Belgian yeast showing first giving some fruit flavor, then the hops jump in with a citrus and pine like taste. In the after taste the sweetness continues with the pine, but it seems clean. Overall its a good brew, but its an odd blend of flavors and not one I would seek out.


 Kevin (1917), Colorado, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/105/519/20
Jan 5, 2009  
beautifully ugly, like sand mixed in orange juice with a thick head. the hops hit me at first sniff, but there is a melon scent that is weirdly strangely inviting. the yeast notes are evident in the first taste, but the hops meld together with a vanilla sweetness. that citrusy melon lingers in the finish. sweet cookie dough, pineapple, cantalope, and a strong bitter piney yeast all mix together shockingly well. 4 10 8 5 19


 ratman197 (3139), Arvada, Colorado, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 26, 2008  
On tap @ Great Divide Tasting room poured a cloudy gold with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of earthiness, pine, citrus, melon, tropical fruit and yeast. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, melon, tropical fruit, light citrus and light pine with a smooth moderatly bitter fruity finish.



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