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Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

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An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Great Divide Brewing Company

Denver, Colorado USA

bottled
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on tap
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12924.04/5.04.04/5.09.1%95.7Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

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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 thornecb (1136), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20

Jan 8, 2006    Updated: Jan 30, 2006
Pours golden with healthy, long lasting head. Smells of pine and citrus. Nice color with typical IPA appearance. Tastes a little more sweet than hoppy. Chewy. Nice IPA.

 Dorqui (1289), Brescia, Italy
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Draught at "Italia Beer Festival 2008" - Brescia.
Dark red color, nearly brown. Optimal aroma, powerful and decided with balsamic notes of flowers, blows, red wine, stum. Much alcoholic and solid taste. Homogenous, mellow, long-lasting and aromatic.


smag4life (16), Groton, Connecticut, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/103/516/20
Oct 9, 2008  
Man, I love the smell of hops. Nice orangy copperish color, very pleasing to the eye. Poured with a decent off white head that left a lot of lacing on the glass. Very bitter, as the label says. All 85 of the IBUs alluded to on the label are there. Citruisy flavor from the loads of finishing hops I’m sure they used. Overall, a great beer. but not an every day drinker.


 lithy (206), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Oct 8, 2008  
Very clear light copper orange body and a creamy finger of off white head. Aroma of grapefruit citrusy hops and some caramel maltiness. Nice body seems deceptively light on malt and doesn’t let on to the punishing onslaught of hops in the finish. Bitter, citrusy, very potent with a lasting presence on the tongue. Rivals DFH 90 min for me.


bconley (40), Fern Park, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 6, 2008  
This one was very hoppy.. A little too much for my taste. Pretty good though. Smelled very floral and evergreen. Again...taste was very hoppy, but the citrus was really nice. I’d have this again.


brokephibroke (52), , Colorado, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
Oct 4, 2008  
Muted copper pour with a thick off tan stable head. Hops, grapefruit, caramel corn and coriander aroma, very complex. I can taste the malt and hops. Upfront maltiness with a bit of chocolate, long citrus hop finish. Palate is a bit weak as no coating or thickening is noticed.



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