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Grand Cru
Great Divide Brewing Company
- From:
- Great Divide Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 15.14%
- Reviews:
- 160
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 01, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 08, 2011
- Wants:
- 21
- Gots:
- 29
No description / notes.
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Ratings by BretSikkink:
Reviewed by BretSikkink from Mexico
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Clear body, reddish brown in color, with a shortish head that sticks well enough. Ring-on-the-glass by the end, though.
Sweet aromas, with an earthy hop-like character. Seems like macerated, overripe fruits. Medicinal and herbal. I'm a little confused.
Grand Cru is pretty sweet, but also quite understated. The usual malt suspects: raisin, fig, brown sugar, even prune juice. The alcohol is present but not overwhelming.
The body is medium, made slightly thicker by a syrupy sort of nature. Finishes quite long and wet, though quite smooth. Atypical for its style, though really nothing terribly interesting.
Mar 08, 2011Sweet aromas, with an earthy hop-like character. Seems like macerated, overripe fruits. Medicinal and herbal. I'm a little confused.
Grand Cru is pretty sweet, but also quite understated. The usual malt suspects: raisin, fig, brown sugar, even prune juice. The alcohol is present but not overwhelming.
The body is medium, made slightly thicker by a syrupy sort of nature. Finishes quite long and wet, though quite smooth. Atypical for its style, though really nothing terribly interesting.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
4.21/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Never shying away from a challenge, the brewers of Great Divide don't simply dip their toe into the world of Belgian beer making, but just in head first into the Belgian Dark Strong Ale.
Pouring a dark and rusty brown, the nearly opaque Grand Cru crowns with a sepia stained head froth. Popping with spicy aromas, an allspice medley balances with dark and stone fruit along with a fortified wine tingle of alcohol on the nose. Sweeter to taste, the early palate opens up with a brown sugar and light molasses character to suggest spice cake in its first impressions.
As the highly complex ale spreads across the middle palate, the sweetness relaxes to an almost cola-like character to allow the spices and fruit to elevate. Raisins, plum, date, fig and currant lead the way in their dehydrated and wine soaked character before being rivaled later with the spices of cinnamon, peppercorn, clove, ginger and nutmeg for that all around and general spiciness for a superior balance. The taste turns bitter, tart and boozy late on the palate as the hops seem to blend into a tannic brandy heat.
Full bodied in texture, the tandem of alcohol, hops and yeast spices word together to break up the malt and assist with a malty-dry finish and a medium long aftertaste of brandy, red wine and mulled spices.
Jan 01, 2020Pouring a dark and rusty brown, the nearly opaque Grand Cru crowns with a sepia stained head froth. Popping with spicy aromas, an allspice medley balances with dark and stone fruit along with a fortified wine tingle of alcohol on the nose. Sweeter to taste, the early palate opens up with a brown sugar and light molasses character to suggest spice cake in its first impressions.
As the highly complex ale spreads across the middle palate, the sweetness relaxes to an almost cola-like character to allow the spices and fruit to elevate. Raisins, plum, date, fig and currant lead the way in their dehydrated and wine soaked character before being rivaled later with the spices of cinnamon, peppercorn, clove, ginger and nutmeg for that all around and general spiciness for a superior balance. The taste turns bitter, tart and boozy late on the palate as the hops seem to blend into a tannic brandy heat.
Full bodied in texture, the tandem of alcohol, hops and yeast spices word together to break up the malt and assist with a malty-dry finish and a medium long aftertaste of brandy, red wine and mulled spices.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.72/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.72/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Mohaggany or however that is supposed to be spelled. Aroma was boozy, not much else.
Taste hit the dark fruits, bitterness, and massive f'n heat. Burnt brown sugar. Serious, this is hot beer. Woof. In like a 1oz pour, sure, but drinking 12oz of this is like drinking fireball with raisins all night.
Jan 28, 2016Taste hit the dark fruits, bitterness, and massive f'n heat. Burnt brown sugar. Serious, this is hot beer. Woof. In like a 1oz pour, sure, but drinking 12oz of this is like drinking fireball with raisins all night.
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.25/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Had this on tap at the Town hall Brewery and from a 22 oz. bottle poured into a chalice.
A: Brilliant chestnut under a 2” dark cream colored pillowy foam collar that produces this lace.
S: Winey, estery aromas with dark dried fruit.
T: Yeast driven dark dried fruit flavors supported by dark malt sugars, toffee and traces of cherry.
F: medium body to medium full, medium to medium high carbonation
O: A well made, drinkable Belgian strong dark ale.
Apr 20, 2015A: Brilliant chestnut under a 2” dark cream colored pillowy foam collar that produces this lace.
S: Winey, estery aromas with dark dried fruit.
T: Yeast driven dark dried fruit flavors supported by dark malt sugars, toffee and traces of cherry.
F: medium body to medium full, medium to medium high carbonation
O: A well made, drinkable Belgian strong dark ale.
Rated by Joeyphunk
2.88/5 rDev -22.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
2.88/5 rDev -22.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet And thick. Hoping for a different grand cru
Feb 03, 2015
Grand Cru from Great Divide Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
279 ratings
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