Rumble IPA - Great Divide Brewing Company

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.88/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle from Premiere. A study in oak more than IPA, and maybe because of the bottling since August. Mid yelow body with a generous white head. Woody aroma, and taste. Creamy finish, some citrus orange throughout. Decent drinkability. Well balanced between the wood, the IPA. Something to have from a sinking ship, and then...forget.

Serving type: bottle

11-28-2010 21:34:38 | More by northyorksammy

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.45/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

On cask at Rustico - Alexandria.

Served in a pint glass. Pours a moderate to semi-dark brown color with a tan head. A good amount of lacing to start off with, but it doesn't have the type of staying power that I expect for a cask IPA. The nose brings forward the oak a bit more than the hops, which are certainly restrained. There's nothing from the hops that really jumps out; I could say maybe a little bit of earthy and floral hops, but the oak really takes over.

The same thing can be said about the taste, as while I get a decent amount of bitterness, the oak characteristics really carry through and I believe there's some earthy hops underneath, as I can certainly say I'm not getting citrus or tropical, but that's about it. Mouthfeel is nice and creamy with a good amount of bitterness and some slight oak tannin. Drinks fairly well but is somewhat disappointing.

Serving type: cask

10-29-2010 00:52:08 | More by Thorpe429

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.45/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

11 ounce pour - $5.50 at Taco Mac in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Appearance: Copper-hued body, clear and with a half inch layering of white foam producing layers of lacing film as it goes.

Smell: Lightly toasted grains, bread with some resins, tropical fruit, and low, gotta-look-for-it oak hints.

Taste: Bready malts, lightly toasted grains and a hint of sweet caramel. Fruity hop hints of grapefruit, lemon, papaya -- then, some resins, tannic mild oakiness, and the anticipated bitterness. Near the end delivers a black tea flavor. Bitter, dry finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Smooth mouthfeel, a tad sticky.

Overall: I wouldn't say I had high hopes for this one, just a hope for something decent. It was barely oaky and barely okay.

Serving type: on-tap

08-12-2012 22:55:32 | More by ChainGangGuy

UCLABrewN84

California

4.2/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at the Great Divide Tap Room in Denver, CO.

Pours a clear dark orange color with a 1/2 inch white head that fades to an oily film. Random thin rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of sweet malt, citrus zest, and an earthy wood aroma. Taste is of malt and citrus zest/pine hops with a woody quality on the finish. Mild hop bitterness on the palate lingers after each sip. This beer has good carbonation with a crisp and slightly thick mouthfeel. Overall, this is a solid IPA with some nice wood aged characteristics. I would definitely get this one again if it were available in CA.

Serving type: on-tap

06-15-2011 19:07:22 | More by UCLABrewN84

oberon

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Brewed on August 4th 2010.Poured a bottle into a nonic,a clear rich bronze with craterous one finger white head that left btoken rings of lace as it settled slowly atop.Aromas are actually quite light with some toasty oak,and light liafy hop intertwined.A real nice full mouthfeel to this beer,its quite smooth.Flavors are pretty good but kinda left me wanting more,light vanilla tinged toasty oak to me overshadows the leafy "green" hop.Not a bad brew, but to me the hops need to be amped up a little.

Serving type: bottle

08-25-2010 20:26:20 | More by oberon

TMoney2591

Illinois

4/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in a shaker pint glass at The Firkin.

Had to grab another pint before departing from the minor Paulaner festivities at the Firk. It pours a clear light russet-amber topped by a nice finger of ecru foam. The nose comprises flowers, grapefruit, orange zest, and vanilla. The taste is very similar, with a solid background loaded with oak. It creates a very nice foundation for the hoppy aspects, but any real malt backbone is kinda lost in the shuffle. The body is a light-ish medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a dry-ish finish. Overall, a nice IPA, one that seems to generally benefit from the oak aging.

Serving type: on-tap

10-17-2010 17:32:33 | More by TMoney2591

Mora2000

Texas

4/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottled Aug. 18, 2010. The beer pours a brownish-amber color with a tan head. The aroma is very nice. I get some oak and vanilla notes as expected, but I also get some nuttyness and a lot of orange citrus from the hops. The flavor is just as good. The dominant flavor is orange citrus, but I also get some pine, caramel malt and oak. While there is a ton of hop flavor, the oak aging seems to have mellowed the bitterness quite a bit, leaving the beer very drinkable but full of hop flavor. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. I loved the 15th/16th Anniversary beer from Great Divide and this one is just as good. A great, oak-aged IPA.

Serving type: bottle

09-17-2010 04:43:00 | More by Mora2000

zeff80

Missouri

3.98/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Poured out a clear, copper color with orange highlights with a one-finger white head of foam. The head didn't last long and left some good foamy lace.

S - It smelled of citrus, pine and oak notes. It had a nice caramel nose, too.

T - It tasted of pine, citrus and sweet caramel. The woody flavor is very mild.

M - It was crisp, sharp and smooth. A medium bodied ale with a dry finish.

D - This is a pretty nice oak aged IPA. It was mild and well done.

Serving type: bottle

12-10-2010 02:56:55 | More by zeff80

metter98

New York

3.83/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: The beer is hazy copper in color and has small particles floating in suspension along with a slight amount of carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high beige head that died down but consistently left a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface.
S: The smell has moderately strong aromas of oak along with notes of citrus and pine resin hops.
T: Like the smell, flavors of oak really stand out in the taste and contribute hints of vanilla. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness and citrusy flavors from the hops. Hints of caramel malts are also noticeable in the initial taste.
M: It feels medium-bodied and crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation. The oak aging seems to lend some dryness to the finish.
O: The beer is very well balanced and doesn’t come across as being overly bitter compared to many other beers in the style. The oak aging also helps in balancing off the hops.

Serving type: bottle

10-01-2011 17:01:49 | More by metter98

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

3.98/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a light amber color, with a thin off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.

S: The aroma contains caramelized malts, vanilla, citrus and a good amount of hops.

T: The taste starts out sweet with flavors of vanilla, caramel and citrus in a prominent display of oak-aging. Then a strong but not over-powering hops bitterness comes in. The malt character is hearty and brings a good balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet.

M: Crisp and very smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.

O: Tasty, goes down very easily, not too filling, good kick, good representation of style, this is a good IPA to drink for a long time if you’re not looking for a hop-bomb.

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2012 02:34:09 | More by TheManiacalOne

russpowell

Oklahoma

4.08/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to my wife for picking this one up for me at Goebbel's in Wichita..

Pours caramel with 3 fingers of cream colored head. Insane lacing & good head retention

S: Caramel &ineyness

T: Follows the nose, plus toffee & oaky undertones up front, dryness coming with that. Oaky vanilla note blend to a near praline flavor as this warms, plus a bit of grapefruit merges with piney resin. Piney hops hoppyness & toffee dominate the finish along with some dryness. Almost pulled a 4.5

MF: Medium bodied, semi-sticky, fairly creamy carbonation, great balance, which means many hopheads will be disappointed with this one...

Drinks easy, I like this better than I did a few weeks when I first tried it. Good, not great offering from GD

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2010 01:41:01 | More by russpowell

Halcyondays

California

3.68/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz. bottle,

A: Pours a translucent amber with small white head, light lace.

S: Grass, 'green' leaf notes, some herbal smells as well, but light.

T: Definite oak and wood flavours with a hint of tannin. Good citrusy hop flavours, grapefruit is dominant with some lemon. Well integrated.

M: Medium-bodied, mildly tannic, resiny, medium long aftertaste.

O: Quite a good beer, like a smaller version of their anniversary brew.

Serving type: bottle

07-30-2011 02:09:05 | More by Halcyondays

emerge077

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Bottled on May 31 2012... nothing like getting a a pre-aged seasonal, this just showed up here recently at the local shop.

Dark copper orange body, slight haze to it.
Strong caramel aromas, vague oak, rather sweet and vaguely fruity.

Heavy caramel malt flavors, light oak, slick and sweet. Tastes like an old IPA unfortunately, with some woody traces. Malt dominates... where are the hops? IPA fail. Glad this was only a single, wouldn't drink it again with so many better local options.

Serving type: bottle

07-30-2012 00:32:04 | More by emerge077

Gavage

New Jersey

4.05/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: clear orange in color with a 2" head that slowly falls to a spotty surface foam.

Smell: oak and vanilla are most notable with some floral hop presenece.

Taste: a bready malt base with caramel, oak, vanilla, a mild earthiness, and nice bitterness.

Mouthfeel: medium-heavy in body. Crisp to start, smooth and a bit dry at the finish. Very long aftertaste here.

Drinkability: this was a beer that went down smoothly and had a nice flavor profile that kept it interesting. Worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2010 13:30:19 | More by Gavage

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottled mid-June, poured a clear orange and left thick lacing. I'd call it a smooth, interesting IPA. The barrel character pops through the hops with gentle vanilla and oak, along with caramel malt. I'd like a little more of the juicy, citrus hop, but this a balanced, tasty beer. Give it a try, it's not too heavy for a 7% barrel aged beer.

Serving type: bottle

09-16-2012 23:16:20 | More by tempest

WVbeergeek

Ohio

3.65/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appears a deep amber caramel hue with an off white head, nice retention and thickness, fine scattered lacing wraps around my chalice. I need something really hoppy after an oak aged IPA that kind of masks the hops. Smell is of dark caramel roasted malt with hints of oak and vanilla, a very muted hop profile if there is one existing I can't smell it. What's the point I'm getting caramel, vanilla, bourbon soaked oak but nothing reminiscient of an IPA. This is much like the oak aged Anniversary beers just toned down abit with the booze. Flavor isn't as bad as a boozier version is but still there's not much citrus/pine hops going on it's more like butterscotch/caramel alcohol and oak barrel aging all in one. Mouthfeel not cloying cleans off the palate relatively easy comparing the 15th Anniversary DIPA I had last year, I won't touch the 16th Anniversary with a stick, but I really liked this label. A touch of alcohol and oak dryness with this malty IPA compared to what the average hoppy ale is complemented with. Drinkability overall isn't as bad as I was forecasting I'm glad I gave it a try but it's pretty different than the 15th and 16th Anniversary brews. Small quantities I can handle this hoppy oak aged IPA, who invented that one.

Serving type: bottle

09-16-2010 04:55:37 | More by WVbeergeek

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is a robust ipa with meaty character and tones. The hops don't really give a real elaborate presentation; more of a thick delivery. I like this one, though I'd appreciate a fresh sample to be able to give a purists opinion. That aside, still diggin' it regardless.

Serving type: bottle

08-31-2012 04:27:54 | More by RblWthACoz

barleywinefiend

Washington

4.18/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: Poured a golden color with good carbonation and a nice white head

S: Plenty of oak, hops, caramel and light hops

T: Fresh oakiness, delicious, caramel, vanilla

M: Sordove big on carbonation, oak, syrup

D: While the mouthfeel was not so great it was tasty

Serving type: bottle

09-11-2010 02:05:19 | More by barleywinefiend

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.98/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Good bar-poured head which lasts a long time, leaving a blanket of lace after each sip. The liquid is extensively cloudy with an orange-amber hue.

Nice combination of floral hop and mild yeast smell. Pale malt background.

Mild start with a neutral pale malt. The beer heads rapidly to a bitterness that is far from overwhelming. The finish is bitter but short lived. Well-balanced, particularly for an IPA. No notable oak elements. Predictable body and carbonation.

Serving type: on-tap

09-01-2012 16:22:30 | More by smcolw

Billolick

New York

3.9/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottled on "Aug 17, 2010" = 5 weeks ago, great to enjoy beer that you know is fresh!

Pours a nice looking shade of honey amber, with a dull orangey glow, lite tan head, tiny bubbles , stays, thick collar and respectable fine sticky lace.

Leafy hop nose, with a hint smoked up wood and a malty sweet undertone.

Tasty and appealing IPA, on the sweet side, with more then ample malt being a recurring theme. Wood also joins the flavor party. Thoroughly enjoyable, bold and flavorful brew, a wee bit lacking in the hops dept

Serving type: bottle

10-03-2010 13:07:48 | More by Billolick

jlindros

Massachusetts

3.58/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

I wonder if this is going to be like their anniversary beers, the wood aged IPAs.

A nice fluffy 1 finger head rises up and fades semi slowly with a little lacing. The beer is crystal clear toasty amber orange golden red color.

The nose brings really weird flavors, lots of fruit to start, apricot, some other light colored round fruit. There's some woody esthers as well, it's a strange wood aroma. Some very light spicy and earthy hops in there, with a little fruity, grassy, and citrus aromas . Also some creamy malt aromas, and a weird like aroma that reminds me of rice...

The taste comes just as weird. It has some weird woody esther flavors, like chewing on sawdust. Then more malty flavors, a little bit of some sweet and creamy malts. ALso more hops, some spicy, chewy, piny, and light juicy citrus hops, somewhat earthy too. Lots of caramel and a little vanilla too. I also get some cognac oak chip flavors too, which rings a bell as I just brewed an homebrew, IPA with cognac oak chips in it. As it finishes it brings out more of the bitterness and a very slight astringency. Also more of the cognac, vanilla, caramel, and tons of the wood esthers.

The mouth is medium body with decent carbonation.

It has a strange drinkability, not much for alcohol feel, and finishes pretty dry without the sticky feel that I really expected, but that bitterness really starts to get astringent, and with the wood just comes across on the opposite side as the hops. They don't seem to merge well in this beer. The Anniversary beers they make are delicious, but this one is a little too contrast and the wood is just weird.

Serving type: bottle

09-16-2010 02:42:54 | More by jlindros

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

3.28/5  rDev -15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours pretty coppery orange, good 1" head to it, lacing is better than average. Aroma is heavily bitter, alcohol and slightly oaky.

Taste, doesn't really give you the ipa hops, maybe the aging in the oak causes you to lose some of that. Compared to the DFH oak aged ipa, this one falls to second place. Still a decent beer, just would seem to fit into any other category just as well as ipa because the hops are behind the scenes and not all that forceful here. They do leave behind a decent sized amount of bitterness, which is somewhat enjoyable in the mouthfeel with the oak and very present alcohol.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2011 20:42:17 | More by Beerandraiderfan

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

3.83/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

First had: bottle at Gullifty's, Bryn Mawr, PA

Poured into a nondescript stem glass a clear, amber-orange with just a ringlet of white bubbles on top. Noticeable chunks of sediment in the glass. Bready aroma, earthy hops, oak, and a touch of vanilla. Flavor matches the aroma: bready caramel malts, earthy hops, oak and vanilla, with notes of citric bitterness. Medium mouthfeel, and quite drinkable, but not quite as good as say, Ithaca Flower Power, which I had just before switching to this.

Serving type: bottle

08-01-2011 19:06:35 | More by Rifugium

glid02

Georgia

4.15/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Cask the Brick Store.

Pours an almost opaque deep copper color with a half-finger cream-colored head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.

Smells of bready caramel and pale malts with good amounts of leafy and citrus hops. Also present are slight amounts of oak tannins.

Tastes similar to how it smells, though the influence from the oak is less. Moderately sweet caramel malt flavors with good amounts of breadiness kick things off and are joined quickly by solid amounts of citrus hop flavors. Midway through the sip the citrus influence fades, turning more toward leafy and slightly earthy notes. The deeper hop flavors carry through to a mildly bitter ending.

Mouthfeel is very good. It's got a smooth thickness with soft carbonation.

Drinkability is good. I had no problems finishing my glass and could have another.

Overall I was surprised at the high level of oak influence in the aroma compared to the tap version. A substantial enough difference to warrant another try even if you've already had it in the bottle or on-tap.

Serving type: cask

11-01-2010 00:11:11 | More by glid02

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.4/5  rDev -11.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

- Aged on American & French oak. Bottled on 6/12/12, consumed 11/10/12.

A: Coppery color with a light turbidity of suspended yeast goodies. Visible carbonation was at a stand still, the head was frothy, with an oatmeal tint, small and not holding with a slight speckled lacing.

S: Piney-oak scent, fresh, more alcohol toned. Dry toasted graininess. Leans more towards the oaky nature rather hoppy.

T: Oaky toasted grain and pine, nice toasted base, gentle warmth from the 7.1%. light dry pine based with a floral touch of kilned lemon peels. A dry beginning with a splash of wet burbon citrus coming on the close.

M: Frothy mouthful, light to medium fullness, dry warmth of alcohol and pine.

O: Decent balance of wood aged attributes more so then hops. Oaky wood. Better then average but falls a bit short of a solid good. Flavor is a bit muted, ones fine.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2012 23:52:44 | More by beerthulhu