Denver Pale Ale - Great Divide Brewing Company

BeerAngel

Texas

4.2/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This beer pours a clear light tea color with a large 2-½ finger off-white head. The smell consists of mouthwatering citrusy hops with fresh baked bread background aromas. The taste is more of the fresh baked bread and pungent citrusy fruit hops and mild malted background. This is a refreshing light bodied brew that drinks down easy and finishes with a light dry finish with each swallow. Very nice brew! Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2003 17:16:35 | More by BeerAngel

puckee

Colorado

3.23/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Nicknamed DPA, Great Divide's pale ale is a popular choice with the locals. The beer poured with an attractive amber honey appearance. The creamy head was quick to dissipate, leaving even lacing and a mixture of fine foam and larger bubbles on the surface. The aroma was notably hoppy, but yeast was present as well. The malt lingered in the background in a rather light, almost tinny effect. With a watery mouth-feel, this highly-carbonated ale brought up the malt when the tongue was struck. The balance was pleasant and the hop bitterness gently bit upon a shallow-bodied swallow. This is a highly drinkable beer, with no objectionable qualities. The issue here is a lack of originality, making for a somewhat light, and burpy, experience.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2003 20:23:57 | More by puckee

Dogbrick

Ohio

2.45/5  rDev -34.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Tasted at the Barrelhouse Brewing Company Microbrew Fest on November 9. Light amber color with minute head. Hops aroma that was difficult to detect. This seemed watered-down and nothing special to me. I like more hops in my APAs.

Serving type: bottle

11-26-2002 08:49:52 | More by Dogbrick

John

New York

3.68/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Hazy orange with yeast chunks. HUGE head, in fact this stuff foamed over my glass with little provocation. Yikes, lookout...the carbonation is out of control! Much care was needed to pour the remaining half of the bottle. After the foaming ordeal I was able to enjoy this fine example of a pale ale. Light-medium toasted malt, with citrus orange/tangerine aroma and flavor. Yeast haze lends a breadiness to the character and contributes to the medium body and full mouthfeel. When all's said and done, a good brew. Thanks to the wife for scoring this for me from a recent business trip. What a good woman.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2002 20:36:12 | More by John

nathi

Colorado

4.05/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

In the bottle I still love this beer, but the carbonation is often a little high and the beer is often not as fresh, as can be expected. This style is just better on tap. The high carbonation adds a little acidity that slightly throws off the balance and edges the beer a bit to the bitter side. Still a great beer though.

Serving type: bottle

10-24-2002 16:53:05 | More by nathi

jackndan

Illinois

2.8/5  rDev -24.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Denver Pale Ale: Remarkable carbonation, I mean scrubbing bubbles, and the head was explosive. There was very heavy sediment in the bottle and in the glass. That being said, the beer had some taste and had a nice hoppy aroma, taste and aftertaste. I’m guessing the beer sat around awhile, but it wasn’t unpleasant.

Serving type: bottle

09-22-2002 19:36:35 | More by jackndan

Wildman

Ohio

3.73/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Well, unlike others, I got an amazing head on this beer! Next time I will pour it differently. This beer formed a large, sudsy almost float style head that left some lace after it subsided. It was a cloudy dark gold color with some sediment present. There was a heavy amount of carbonation. The aroma was of hops, citrus and malt. It had a flavor of hops, rather oily. Also some light caramel malt present. The finish was a bit tangy no doubt due to the heavy carbonation. Not a bad pale ale.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2002 15:44:08 | More by Wildman

budgood1

Minnesota

3.68/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

copper in color with a minimal head. toasty malts and citrusy hops in the nose. very easy drinking, quite smooth with a nice balance of malt and fruity hops. the quintessential session american pale ale. just what the doctor ordered after a long hot, humid day in the sun at work. very refreshing!

Serving type: bottle

06-25-2002 16:50:46 | More by budgood1

Pegasus

Texas

3.8/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This beer has a sweet malty aroma with fruit and hop notes. Color is a dark yellow gold with a thick white head when poured, and which settles to a thin layer with lots of lace. Smooth taste with a lightly sweet solid malt flavor, citrus fruit, and mild hops, which rises towards the finish. A solid pale ale, not as distinctive as some others that I have tried, but certainly not bad.

Serving type: bottle

04-19-2002 19:22:51 | More by Pegasus

Jason

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Presentation: 12 oz brown with the "month and week bottled" notch on the side for freshness.

Appearance: Bight and copper toned, decent off-white lace appears on top.

Smell: Sweet and delicate flowery hop aroma, some fruitiness from the malt also.

Taste: Very smooth with a sweet hop oil flavour riding on top of the malt backbone. Light pungent American hop bitterness flexes a bit, mild fruitiness balances. Finish dries perfectly with a grain and hop mesh.

Notes: True characteristics of an American Pale Ale. Distinct hop profile with a straight forward malt palate.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2002 11:09:49 | More by Jason

Brent

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This struck me as a pale ale in a very traditional English style. A hard pour produced a tall, pillowy head, that settled down with an intricate Brussels lace pattern on the side of the glass. Nicely hopped, but held back somewhat. The hops profile was quite clean, without a lot of floral or citrus notes. Quite smooth and unassuming, a good session candidate.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2002 07:22:07 | More by Brent