18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA
Great Divide Brewing Company

18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA
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From:
Great Divide Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
10%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.88 | pDev: 10.82%
Reviews:
116
Ratings:
390
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 20, 2019
Added:
Mar 26, 2012
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  30
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Ratings by bulldogg915:
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Rated by bulldogg915 from Wyoming

4.75/5  rDev +22.4%

Apr 02, 2013
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Rated: 4 by brittanylicious from Indiana

Oct 20, 2019
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Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia

4.11/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From notes 2/27/12: Pours orange brown with 2 fingers of frothy, beige, variously bubbled head that leaves heavy, webby lacing. Aroma is malty caramel, woody vanilla and alcohol. Strangely the hops are restrained for an IPA. Taste is SWEET caramel malt, almost syrupy! Oily pine and citrus hops in the middle. Wood and alcohol in the finish. A very different IPA. Definitely malt forward with muted hops. Alcohol is prominent.
Oct 14, 2019
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Reviewed by devilfluff from New Jersey

3/5  rDev -22.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
bottle from 2012, drank 12/24/15 - Just so far past its prime, no hops to be found. It was like a sickly sweet barley wine with nothing to balance it out. I usually don't find wood to be a great addition to IPAs, and this was no exception. Tremendous amount of sediment.
Jan 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by MisterKilderkin from California

May 09, 2015
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +16%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I have had this on tap at the Bryant Lake Bowl and in a craft beer glass poured from a 22 oz. Bottle.
A: Tea colored amber with a slight chill haze under a 2”pillowy off-white foam collar that produces thick lines of lace.
S: The bottle produces richer aromas than the tap version with earthy, citrusy hops over rich malts and a hint of bourbon.
T: The big caramelly malt flavors joined by the vanilla oak flavors and the big alcohol flavors accented by a dose of grapefruit rind bitterness evoke a bourbon based mixed drink.
F: Chewy, medium carbonation, warming, smooth and creamy.
O: A trifecta of big malt, big hops and big alcohol that goes down amazingly well.
Apr 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.21 by Kmlund from Massachusetts

Mar 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Hohnbaum from Kansas

Feb 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.49 by SierraFlight from Virginia

Feb 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by mrn1ceguy from Illinois

Dec 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by nathanmiller from New York

Dec 15, 2014
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Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%
Not my favorite style, but this is actually pretty good. One would even say Doom-esque. Reminds me of an American Barleywine, heavy on the tea notes with a super oak dry finish. Some carmel, a little vanilla and a hint of tropical fruit hops.
Nov 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by barflybastard from Pennsylvania

Oct 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Griffith from Connecticut

Sep 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by malfunxion from New York

Aug 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by htdoerge from Texas

Aug 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by thufflife from Missouri

Jul 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Jul 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by KAF from Iowa

Jul 12, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by Lionhearted1987 from Georgia

Jul 06, 2014
18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA from Great Divide Brewing Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 390 ratings