Great Divide Hercules Double IPA

Deep dark amber, head is nice but disappears quickly, lots of sedimant. Arome is great, floral and hoppy with a strong taste of sweet and tart apricot. Taste is all on the back end. It starts ith just a bit of bite, fairly carbonated feel, not much on the tongue. Flavor comes in like a landside on the finish, almost like an aftershock. Very very floral and hoppy sweet apricot and herbal and pine flavor. Very warming onthe way down like a shot of Jameson. 9.1 abv is definitelythere, but doesn’t kill the flavor. 83 IBU’s are definitely there, but are not at all offensive. Great taste. Buzz comes on strong on n empty stomach. 7/25/08

Bottle:Bottled. Big thanks to Tomas & Magnus.Clear red colour,flat head. Aroma of fruitsflowery citrus. Flavor was fruity,citrus mouth feeling,medium body,and medium to long fruity/citrus, nice maltty/alcy finish

Pours cloudy dark amber with little head. Notes of hops grapefruti, some wood and spices. Very bitter and long bitter finish.

1 pint, 6 fl oz bottle. Lots of piny, herbal hops, some citrus lemon, also some sweeter earthy and caramel malt tones in the aroma. Pours very nice medium-small soft and creamy white head, mostly dissipates, pretty good lacing, pumpkin orange color, minor carbonation, fairly opaque, no particulate. Flavor is big, but pretty straightforward and well balanced despite the huge piny hop presence throughout, a toasty caramel malt does show through, i also get some melon fruit in there somewhere, long lasting heavy clinging bitter finish/aftertaste is nice but not outstanding, slight bite in the beginning, medium mouthfeel. Overall, this beer is just really really solid, well made.

22 oz. bomber. Pours amber with a head that lasts. Had a strong piney/citrus hop aroma. Flavor hit me with some caramel followed by huge hop bitterness on the end. A well balanced beer that is very enjoyable and hides the 9% alcohol pretty well. Overall an excelent DIPA.