Denver Pale Ale (-2015)
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.54
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DPA has risen to become one of the most award-winning English-style pale ales in the world. Sporting a brilliant copper hue and an assertive floral hop aroma, DPA is known for its smooth, malty middle, which is expertly complemented with hearty and complex hop flavor. DPA’s extraordinary hop finish is marked by crisp yet moderate hop bitterness.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the brewpub. Pours clear dark golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, bread and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Oct 2013
at 12:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Hillbilly Po Boy’s. Pours a clear rich gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma is mainly musty sweet grains with a hint of grassy hops. Flavor has stronger musty grass hops that combine with notes of straw and grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2013
at 13:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On draft at Kickapoo in Keystone CO. Fruity aroma. Grass hop notes in the flavor. Refreshingly mild bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2013
at 13:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Smells hoppy with a good dose of caramel malt aroma. Pours light orange with good foam and lacing. Medium carbonation. Taste is medium bitter with a bit of salt. Bottle from Village Beer Merchant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2012
at 20:28
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 8/28/12, Bottled on 5/9/12
Aroma: The nose has some fruity notes, a good amount of malt, a bit of earth, and some grainy notes
Appearance: It pours a caramel color with a huge foam of beige head and some foamy head
Flavor: The taste has a good amount of malt, and some dry hoppy fruit flavors as well
Palate: The body is medium, it has an overly fizzy carbonation, and a rather dry finish
Overall Impression: The heavy fizziness of this one really takes away a lot from the drinkability. There is plenty going on, but it isn't well rounded, and really just doesn't work all that well in my opinion. Maybe I got a bad bottle, I don't know. Mostly though, it is really still that intense fizziness that hurts the enjoyment immensely for me. This one has one of the worst mouthfeels I can remember on an otherwise decent beer.
Aroma: The nose has some fruity notes, a good amount of malt, a bit of earth, and some grainy notes
Appearance: It pours a caramel color with a huge foam of beige head and some foamy head
Flavor: The taste has a good amount of malt, and some dry hoppy fruit flavors as well
Palate: The body is medium, it has an overly fizzy carbonation, and a rather dry finish
Overall Impression: The heavy fizziness of this one really takes away a lot from the drinkability. There is plenty going on, but it isn't well rounded, and really just doesn't work all that well in my opinion. Maybe I got a bad bottle, I don't know. Mostly though, it is really still that intense fizziness that hurts the enjoyment immensely for me. This one has one of the worst mouthfeels I can remember on an otherwise decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2012
at 16:58
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Rattle N Hum, July 2012. Golden with a small white head. Drinkable but nothing special. Mostly malt and notes of iron. Not much hops in this one.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2012
at 19:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap. Pours clear light amber with a small off-white head that leaves little lacing. Aroma is faint citrus, slightly sweet malt, some fruit, perhaps grape? Taste is medium sweet malt with a milt bitter finish. Clean and crisp, a bit watery. Overall a decent, but nondescript, beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2012
at 08:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Very good workhorse of a pale ale. Pours a nice copper-yellow with mid-sized head. Aroma and flavor is marked by hop bitterness and some citrus. Very smooth finish, with relatively little bitterness. Great beer to accompany meals, etc.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2012
at 13:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Great Divide, GABF weekend
Appearance: Clear amber with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma: Floral, grassy and caramel
Taste: Citrus, sweet malts and piney
Decent
Appearance: Clear amber with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma: Floral, grassy and caramel
Taste: Citrus, sweet malts and piney
Decent
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Oct 2011
at 18:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled at Texas Beerfest. Pours a clear orange amber with a small off white head. The aroma is a floral hops and citrus. Medium mouthfeel with a sweet hop and citrus flavor with a light bitter finish. A good English pale ale from Great Divide.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2011
at 02:04