Hibernation Ale
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Winter|
Score
7.40
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8.1% ABV through 2008
8.7% ABV from 2009
8.7% ABV from 2009
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8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Ruby color with beige head. Aroma is toffee, raisins, malty, caramel, herbal, berries. Taste is the same, with some spices and juniper, a bit sugary. Warming bitter finish. Soft silky mouthfeel. Very nice!
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2017
at 14:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pretty dark ruby with a hint of hazy, creamy brown head. Grass, minerally dry berry/port, light cocoa. Medium full body, dry cocoa powder on the palate, dry earthy minerallic, crystal/caramel malt - a bit sugary, bisquit malt, good range of earthy and herbal hop notes. Berry tart finish with a side of chocolate.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2017
at 14:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.355 l can from ’BierPost.com’, canned in October 2016. Clear, very dark ruby with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish, malty, slightly roasty aroma of caramel, dark honey, toasted nuts and some chocolate. Very sweet, malty and slightly roasty taste of milk chocolate, caramel, hazelnut, vanilla and a touch of dark fruits, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, slightly roasty and a bit warming finish. Medium to full body, slightly creamy and a little effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very nice with a surprising flavour profile. Tastes more like a Porter than like what I am used to from other Old Ales so far, and even the colour promised for more dark fruits. No complaints though, very pleasant overall.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2017
at 15:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
355 ml. can. Canned 27 OCT 2016. Consumed @ Gollem. Very dark ruby brown amber, creamy tanned head. Nose is cacao powder & some lightly metallic herbal cough syrup, cacao instant mix, sugar, leaves + cocoa puffs. Tastes like powdery cocoa puffs mixed with lightly copper tasting cough syrup, cough syrup is lower than the rest, almost metallic, herbal, industrial caramel, leaves, sugar,... Body is same industrial near metallic cough syrup with grainy cocoa puffs dominating, if only less cough syrup + some metallic notes but overlal quite nice, interesting. Certainly enjoyed quite a bit.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2017
at 14:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 33 cl. Dark brown, hazy with a lightbrown head. Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and vanilla aroma. Medium sweet, light bitter, with a warm roasted and coffee end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2016
at 15:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Tap) clear, very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of roast, hint of chocolate liqueur; rich, balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2016
at 22:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hyvin tumma, punertavanruskea olut, joka vaahtoaa todella runsaasti. Vaaleanbeige tiivis ja pitkään säilyvä vaahto jättää myös kivasti pitsiä lasin reunoille. Houkuttelevassa tuoksussa humaloinnin mukanaan tuomaa eksoottista hedelmää ja havuisuutta, johon yhtyy paahteisuutta, kahvia ja suklaata kivalla, varsin toimivalla kombinaatiolla. Maku kahvinen ja karamellinen, mutta lyhyehkön alun jälkeen alan valtaa havuinen ja greippinen katkeruus ja jopa viskimäinen vivahdus, joka jyrää pitkällä jälkimaullaan muut alleen. Melko täyteläinen suutuntuma ja suupielet makeassa tahmassa samalla, kun suussa maistuu edelleen jykevän greippinen ja havuinen katkero. Aika jännä ja erikoinen kombinaatio. Vähän jopa turhan erikoinen.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2016
at 13:26
6/10
Tried
on 06 May 2016
at 04:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,355l bottle at home from trade with Nische, big thanks. BB 15.12.2016. dark brown color, small tan head. smells malty sweet, spices, wood, some dried fruits, raisins, nutty, marzipan, decent smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of dried fruits, raisins, spices, lightly roasted, peppery, some alcohol. finishes lightly roasted a bit dry with notes of spices, dried fruits and some spices. decent stuff, rather heavy / a bit alcoholic, rather Doppelbock-like. overall decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2016
at 14:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Smelteverket, Oslo. Very dark, with mahogany looking colour, beige head. Malty, chocolaty and roasty with hints of vanilla and wood. Moderate to medium sweet with a certain bitterness. Tasty and balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2016
at 18:00