Hercules Double IPA | Great Divide Brewing Company

3.83/5  rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

4.04/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Old double IPA malty style covers high alcohol but not hop forward at all. I was hoping for the hop accents to stand out. My personal preference are some of the newer style doubles not heavy malts. It comes down to preference.

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4.14/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

4.06/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured heavily into a standard pint glass. bottled on AUG 10 2017.

Appearance- a hazy copper color with a frothy off white tannish colored head. leaves decent lacing.

Aroma- a heavy caramel malt smell with some pine. nice.

Taste- like the smell but with some light citrus. abv is mellow for how high it is. bitterness is there but nothing crazy. has a light melon hop taste hidden in the background. like a cantaloupe or a watermelon. weird but not bad.

Mouthfeel- medium/ heavy body. good carbonation.

Drinkability- gonna drink this one and will gladly purchase more down the road.

Overall- for this brew being 10 months old i feel like it's warped more into a hoppy barleywine instead of a hop forward imperial ipa. the caramel malt is really the base of this brew. the pine and citrus is there but is mostly just on the fringe. wouldn't mind trying one fresh but even if you aged some slightly i like the barleywine aspect instead of turning into just an old expired rough imperial ipa. kinda reminds me of a seirra nevada bigfoot at this point.

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4.59/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Hoppy from start to finish. Love the malt. Delicious!

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4/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

3.14/5  rDev -23.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.42/5  rDev -17%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.04/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

4.09/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

4/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

4.13/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

4.23/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

3.52/5  rDev -14.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

4.29/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

4.49/5  rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

3.49/5  rDev -15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

3.91/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

3/5  rDev -27.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

3.68/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

4.12/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

4.75/5  rDev +15.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

3.84/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75