Great Divide Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

BOTTLE at Darkness Day 2011. 2011 vintage. Pine hops and wood flavor. Lots of hops.

17th. another highly anticipated beer from this brewer, and another disapointment. maybe were just getting older bottles or something.

17th. Pour deep dark mahogany, with a small white head. Nice hoppy aroma of pine, berries, vanilla, caramel, flowers. Taste is quite sweet, with a short fruity aftertaste. Medium and oily body, with a semi-flat carb.

Bottle, pours a nice dark amber, good hoppy aroma, this one finishes with a good smoothness, nice body and a good flavour, tasty brew

Bottle 66 cl @ Bir&Fud Bottega (Rome, Italy). Well, pour that one and tell me if its Appereance is really close to perfection. Color is initially hard red and ruby and pale; after some minutes, it turns to something so intense that you’ll find a likeness with painted durmast. Aroma it’s simply the Great Divide mark at its top: pineapple, mango, star fruit, icing sugar, add the vanilla, the wet wood and et voilà...! 17th Anniversary comes to you. Flavor is really complex: malt, liquor, full body with loads of vanilla, peach, pleasant fizzy, and alcohol is totally hidden. Aging in oak is really good and matches so well with DIPA. Great balance, great drinkability... Great Divide.

On tap at Stags Head for Great Divide night. Great nose of tangerine and sweet caramel. Tastes of malt, hops, vanilla, woody, tropical fruits, and cognac. Slightly sticky on palate resulting in lip smacking goodness.

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Bottled in March of 2011. A. Pours a deep apple cider, with a 1 finger head that resides to a thin ring with a nice island of foam. S. Smells of citrus, mild oak, and lots of chocolate. Very different for an IPA. Really interesting! T. Tastes of tangy citrus, chocolate and vanilla from the barrel. Very warm chocolately finish. M. This beer is medium bodied, highly carbonated and has a dry finish. O. This is a really good beer. I have liked pretty much everything from Great Divide, but this is really an amazing bee! It has chocolate and vanilla flavors that are normally found in stouts, in a well bodied and sweet IPA. This is really something different from what I was expecting and would expect in a IPA. I really regret not buying more when it came out. This is truly a unique beer and I suggest anyone try it as soon as they can. I really don’t know if it will get better with age, but I will be looking to find out.

Det här är en väldigt god och även spännande öl med mycket humlebeska och en, framförallt, blommig smak. Jag hade väntat mig en något kraftigare maltighet men den är relativt lugn. Det bör tilläggas dock att humlbeskan var ganska hård.