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18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA
Great Divide Brewing Company
- From:
- Great Divide Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 10.82%
- Reviews:
- 116
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 20, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 26, 2012
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 30
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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
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, 2019Reviewed by devilfluff from New Jersey
3/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
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, 2016Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.5/5 rDev +16%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
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, 2015A: 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.
Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts
3.75/5 rDev -3.4%
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
18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA from Great Divide Brewing Company
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
390 ratings
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