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Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

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100
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
15314.02/5.04.02/5.09.1%97.9Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Hoppier, maltier and with more alcohol than a standard IPA, Hercules Double IPA definitely is not for the faint of heart. Hercules Double IPA is, however, an elixir fit for the gods. A brash but creamy wonder, Hercules pours a deep orange-coppery color, forming substantial lace in the glass. Hercules Double IPA delivers a huge amount of piney, floral, and citrusy hop aroma and flavor from start to finish. A hefty backbone of nutty, toffee-like malt character balances Hercules' aggressive, punchy hop profile. 85 International Bittering Units (IBUs).
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 italianjohn (346), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 4, 2009  
Pours a copper color with hardly any white head no lacing hoppy caramel floral aroma way different than the titan ipa ... taste of toffee caramel malt and it finishes with a hoppy bite and citrus flavor not as piney as the titan either its a winner


 nickd717 (1330), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 3, 2009    Updated: Oct 1, 2009
First off, Great Divide - start distributing to California! Anyway, I had a bottle of this at the Brickskeller in DC, which is pretty much twice as far from Denver as I live, but they get GD beers and we don’t. This is a very good DIPA. Orangish-copper color with a nice white head and good lacing. Aroma is piney and citrusy hops and sweet malt. Flavor is sweet, toffeeish caramel malt balanced by lots of fresh-tasting pine and citrus and hop bitterness lingering on the finish. Hop oils on the palate, medium-full for the style. Re-rate: had this again on tap at Great Divide tasting room. This falls a tiny bit flat on flavor, really not standing up to some of the better IPAs out there. Have to knock it down from a 8 to 7 on flavor and 16 to 15 overall. Still really good though.


 beernovice39 (256), South Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Again, looking for a competitor to Founders IPA. This stuff is good but not as good as Founders. Would drink again but not over Centinial IPA!


 ben4321 (988), Rockville, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Location: Had just a bit of this from Brickskeller, 7/31/09

Overall Impression: I’m pretty sure I’ve had this brew before, but anyway, a friend ordered this one and I tried a bit. Quite tasty and enjoyable, definitely a beer I should drink again.


 Hophead22 (1087), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Rating #1464 for this beer. 22oz bottle. Deep, dark copper pour, it looks like it should, like you would see in a magazine or something, the kind of look that makes you crave a beer, had a very niceclingy, well lacing light tan head. Very floral, all those good hop aromas in theres, some pine, some citrus all blending very nicely together. Very bitter, at least it was alot more bitter than I thought it would. Not nearly as balanced as I would have liked, but still a tasty DIPA.


 jbye4334 (658), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 26, 2009  
(bottle). Clear copper color. Medium off white head, which is mostly diminishing. Hoppy aroma. Strong hop and alcohol flavor. Avg duration. Finish with lingering bitterness and alcohol. Slick texture. Soft carbonation. Fair lacing.


 Beardface (984), Eugene, Oregon, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/517/20
Jul 21, 2009  
Tap at PIB. Dark amber pour, small white head. Huge hop aroma, pine, grapefruit, floral and light caramel malt. Big hop flavor as well, going from citrus at first to pine and toffee mixed together in mid-sip and finishing with a bitter hop blast. Extremely tasty IIPA.


rabidbarfly (57), London, England
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/105/519/20
Jul 21, 2009  
Hoppier than most things on the planet. Massive beer, massive taste, bitter as hell, nose of toffee and hops, tastes as it smells only stronger, quite a bit of alcohol comes through too. Stays on the palate for ages, love this stuff.



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