Great Divide Grand Cru

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Great Divide Grand Cru is a super clear, brownish red ale with a dense, light khaki head that has outstanding retention and lacing. It has an estery aroma with notes of dark fruit. It’s a little faint, so it’s hard to pick apart. It’s full bodied and smooth. The finish is dry. It has a well blended flavor that’s not sweet or dry. There are notes of prune and caramel. The finish has an herbal bitterness and a hint of cola. Alcohol warmth lingers. This is tasty stuff. Something about it seems more American than Belgian to me, but I enjoy the mix of those styles.

Pours dark red color w thin beige head and dense lacing. Aroma is chocolate and cherries. Body is rich, creamy. Taste is berries, caramel at the beginning. Finish is chocolate and alcohol.

On Tap. Has a sweet, malty smell and a murky brown color with a slight head. Tastes very sweet with a malty flavor that was vaguely reminded me of brandy. Light carbonation, very smooth and easily drinkable. Very good overall.

A - Pours a cloudy brown color with a finger of frothy khaki colored head. THe head fades down at a normal pace leaving behind some lacing. S - Aroma is a mix of sweet dark caramel malts, raisin, prune, and other dark fruits, some Belgian yeast and spices, candi sugars, and some booze. T - Starts off with a mix of sweet dark caramel malts with raisin, prune, date, and other dark fruit sweetness. Through the middle, the sweet candi sugars start to come through with some Belgian yeast flavors including some spices and esters. The finish is a mix of sweet dark fruits with some dark caramelized and candi sugars, some spice, and some booze. M - Full bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth with a sweet and warming finish. D - Very drinkable. Really nice BSDA. Good malt flavors with the sweet sugars and yeast character balancing nicely with the body.

On draft, but keg from 2010. Amber pour with a decent head. Plenty of caramel malts..also some dark fruits and sweetness, Taste adds in some toffee and some Belgian yeast in there. Tasty, tasty, tasty.

Clear medium brown with a fizzy tan head. Dark fruit, brown sugar, and caramel aroma and taste with molasses notes and a citrus finish.

A beautiful reddish brown beer with a big and beige head. Aroma is fruitfull and yeasty, plums, some red berries and strawberries. Taste is dark fruity, yeast, interesting sourness, no alcohol, but it can be feeled, drying herbs in the aftertaste. Smooth, full bodied, but not sticky, again velvety softly beer from Great Divide. Interesting, sour nuance gives unigue touch to otherwise fruitfull and yeasty belgian clone.

though the mouth feel is medium the taste is rich and heavy with dark malts, sweet candied tropical fruits including pineapple and a straight finish

Brilliant ruby red color/ lasting ivory sheen. Nutty, pit fruit, toffee, sweet spicy aromas. Rich smooth mouthfeel. Very tasty dark raison, red wine, spicy belgian yeast flavors, warming finish--

(Bottle) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with red berries (raspberries, red-currant), caramel, dried fruit, treacle toffee and a touch of cinnamon. Fruity, malty taste with dried fruit (apricots, raisins, dates), caramel, raspberries, blackberries, treacle, hints of rye bread and a touch of chocolate. Almost full body, with a smooth, velvety mouthfeel. Fairly sweet, not very bitter (but there is a slightly spicy bitterness lurking in the finish). Quite heavy and complex, but still fairly well balanced and doesn’t taste its 11%. Very nice!