Great Divide Fresh Hop Pale Ale

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

Bottle at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Probably as fresh as we can get it in Europe! Pours amber with a tiny head. Butter, spices and oranges in the aroma. Tastes of bitter oranges that developes into a sweet taste. A bit oily mouthfeel, rather complex for an APA.

I am mixed on this brew. On the one one hand the taste is great. Poured a nice reddish copper, great white head and wonderful hop scent. The downer is for $7.50 you get two beers and this is not in league with some others that are way cheaper than $3.75 each. Guess I am cheap but with Obamanomics and all I look for the best product at the best price...this is not it...

22 oz bottle from Greens....moderate hop and light yeat aroma. Frothy head that recedes slowly. Fresh citrus, grassy hop flavor backed up by a very nice caramel malt undertones. Thin mouthfeel but a very tasty bitter dryfinish. Another great offering to the Beer Gods from GDBC.

bomber from grape & gourmet. pours a very nice, clear, copper with a thin, bubbly, white head and great lacing. aroma is great with big, grassy, earthy hops, orange and lemon citrus notes, and dark caramel malts with floral esters that really pop when the glass is swirled. flavor is very good with fresh, grassy, and slightly herbal hops, pinecone, and grapefruit citrus nicely balanced by toasted, slightly nutty, sweet caramel malts. palate is medium bodied, well carbonated, and easy drinking, with a lingering bitter, grassy finish. overall, a very well done fresh hop ale.

22 ounce bottle from Grape and Gourmet in Virginia Beach, VA. Pours a clear reddish amber color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is toffee malts with a big hit of citrus hops. Taste is big citrus hops with hints of caramel and other notes. Medium bodied.

1. On Tap at the Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver 12/10/2007 Hoppy aroma. Amber golden coloured and hoppy with a crisp and bitter dry lasting finish. 2. On Tap at the Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver 10/10/2008 (As Fresh Hop) Very hoppy aroma. Amber coloured hoppy and fruity pine flavour with a crisp and slightly bitter lasting finish. 3. On Tap at the Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver 10/10/2008 (As Fence Hop) Hop aroma. Amber coloured and slightly hazy in appearance with a crisp and slightly earthy finish. 4. From the Bottle at TAG Restaurant, Denver 22/09/2009 Big fresh grassy hop aroma. Golden coloured smooth on the palate and very hoppy with a skunk grass flavour. A little dryness in a lasting bitter malt finish.

Copper color with a decent white head. Aroma is mostly grassy, slightly floral hops. Taste is tame grassy hops and sweet malt. In my opinion, wet or fresh (non pelletized) hops, although more natural and fresh, create smaller, watered down hop profiles due to the moisture naturally contained therein. I think this could have been balanced better with less malt.

Orange hue, Citrus,hop aroma, Citrus/grapefruit flavor, not sticky at all, smooth palate, easy to drink.