Great Divide Brewing Company Denver Pale Ale (-2015)

Denver Pale Ale (-2015)

 

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

  Pale Ale - Classic English Regular Out of Production
Score
6.55
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 90
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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6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

12th October 2008
Clear amber beer. Crisp palate. Clean tasting beer with a very modest hop. Refreshing.

Tried on 05 Jun 2011 at 11:05


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

A hoppy, malt-tinged dark copper brew, slightly sweet but spicily hopped, lingering forever on the tongue. The nose is a winner, fully of hoppy citrus and heavy, sweet malt. Looks decent, but not worthy of the aroma creeping up from the Sam Adams tulipint. The flavor ranges from toffee-laced malt sweetness to bitter, hoppy astringency. Piney and bracing, the hops provide needed depth to an English-style Pale, yet back off enough to still let the British aspirations have their say. Also, change the picture. The new packaging is soooo much better. (1/20/09)

Tried on 16 May 2011 at 19:05


7.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 oz bottle into English pint. Bottled on March 28, 2011--pretty fresh! Pours a slightly hazy gold with a small off-white head that shrinks to nothing but a collar in about three seconds. Aroma is strong in wheat cracker. Way strong--not what I was expecting at all. The taste also has a very strong wheat cracker-like taste--nice. It starts sweet and finishes bitter. Carbonation is medium, body is medium-full. Weird beer, but I like it.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2011 at 01:50


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(bottle) clear medium amber with small white head; aroma of sweet malts followed by spruce/herbs of hops; surprisingly dry flavour (given the aroma), bit of minerals, long medium bitter finish, clean and refreshing

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2011 at 17:54


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

12 ounce bottle. Pours crystal clear light orange amber color with a 2 finger off white head with very good retention that reduces to a lacing cap that lasts for the entire glass. Some ok glass lacing. Aromas of citrus, floral, spices, and caramel. Aromas are a bit weak, but still pretty good. Taste of caramel, spices, bread, and some citrus. There is a fairly large amount of bitterness that comes at the finish, and it linger for a while with spiciness and citrus flavors. No alcohol noticed at all. Medium body and fairly high carbonation, the carbonation seems to detract some of the flavor, but is not too bad. Some good balance of the hops and malts. Very refreshing beer with a nice bitter bite. Overall a very solid pale ale.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2011 at 17:08


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @ Great Divide brewery. Pours golden, weak whide head. Nose is pine, grapefruit, malt and caramel. Taste is hops, floral, pine and grapefruit, barley and caramel. Light body, easy drinking, bitter finish. 041210

Tried from Draft on 05 Dec 2010 at 17:18


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at brewery. switching to easier things as after about 8 hours of drinking i am getting a little ahead of myself. pours bright orange with white head. tastes of grass, grapefruit, kinda sweet, and biscuits abound. nice session beer if i was a native Coloradan.

Tried from Draft on 08 Oct 2010 at 13:18


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

bottle in hotel in woerden ... copper thin lacing ... soft pale ale malt nose ... dull pale ale malt ... the malt i dont like. not impressed

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2010 at 12:03


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy gold color with a thin head. Smells of citrus and floral hops. The flavor is only a little bitter with a citric acid tartness. The body is light and very carbonated. Not great, but interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2010 at 11:00


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Golden color, citrusy orange nose. Caramel backbone. Straight forward but decent.

Tried on 09 Jun 2010 at 04:20