Great Divide Brewing Company 21st Anniversary

21st Anniversary

 

Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
6.51
ABV: 6.2% IBU: - Ticks: 29
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6/10
Tried on 06 Dec 2015 at 13:46

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Hazy golden, small head. Fruity nose with white wine and peach. Mid dry with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Paper, honey and white wine. Fairly low bitterness. Not much, really.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2015 at 12:16

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
750ml bottle pours a clear gold with some frothy, white head. Nose has a little poop, some pilsner malt, grass, lemon, straw. Flavor follows with lemon, a little apricot, flowers, grass. Where’s the funk? Probably needed some unfermentables for the bugs to chew.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2015 at 18:12

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Hazy, bubbly head. Light tan colour. Aroma shows a touch of tartness and a fair amount of barrel character. The taste has a fair bit if barrel and that’s the part I like. The rest is muddled fruit, a fair bit of yeast and perhaps too much goopy residual sweetness.
Tried on 09 Nov 2015 at 06:26

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at Churchkey. Poured a clear golden with an off white head. Aroma was light tartness, but very drinkable. Enjoyable enough.
Tried from Draft on 04 Nov 2015 at 22:29

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottled:
Hazy, deep golden with a small head. Aroma is some vague notes of lemons and apples. Somewhat watery mouth feel. Taste apples, lemons and some rhubarbs. More sweet than sour. Pretty bland.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2015 at 14:09

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
On draft at Churchkey. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Light butterscotch and citrus.
Tried from Draft on 28 Oct 2015 at 16:28

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draft at Churchkey. Clear golden color. Dirty and dusty aroma. Taste is stale straw.
Tried from Draft on 28 Oct 2015 at 16:16

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart woody aroma. Fruity malty woody sour bretty flavor. Has a fruity malty sour bretty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2015 at 04:31

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5

Location: 750 ml bottle from Buy Rite, 10/8/15, Bottled Jun 30 2015

Aroma: The nose of this one is light, some hints of wine barrel and fruit, not much else
Appearance: A mostly clear golden color with a thin white head and some light, drippy lacing
Flavor: Tastes much the same, mildly sour, a little fruity, some barrel notes
Palate: Fairly light bodied, decent mouthfeel, but not great mouthfeel, with a short, lightly dry close
Overall Impression: Well damn, it's kind of a bad start when you tell me a beer is celebrating your history of bold flavor and that beer lacking in both being bold and being flavorful. There's just not enough here. If there was more going on I could maybe find a few flaws that cause it to be dull, but honestly, it's just the total lack of anything close to living up to what they promised. It's not a drain pour or anything, just a weak effort.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2015 at 16:38