Hades
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.44
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Hades is brewed with a rare Belgian yeast strain that gives a complex spicy flavor and aroma. Noticeable hops and medium malt character make it an extremely well-balanced, crisp ale. Hades goes great with a bowl of fresh mussels, crusty bread, and virtually any artesian cheese.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
12oz bottle. Pale yellow-gold color, some sligt haze. Soapy, foamy head. Yeasty sweet aroma, a touch of hoppy seawater. The taste is rather straightforward, but whereas the true Belgians generally display a creamy rich depth, this one falls a little short. It displays solid Belgian yeasty characteristics and has some candi sugar aftertaste, but overall I still find this one to be sub-par. A touch too assertive in bitterness and the beginning, and then lacks real body in the finish. Not worth seeking out, but not bad per se either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2009
at 19:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours hazy straw color with white head. Fruity aroma with Belgian yeast and spices. Citrus and light hop flavors with some spices. Medium body with lively carbonation.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2009
at 21:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Pour is a clear and light gold with a finger or so of white head. Aromas of cloves and bananas with a bit of an acidic or urine edge to them... smells kind of unappealing, to be honest. Maybe urine isn’t the best descriptor, but something smells kind of off. In the flavor, this weirdness comes off as a bit of a metal and a bit of vegetation rot that intertwines with the sweet honey malt, banana and clove yeastiness and the peppery edge from the hops. Man, this just isn’t what I expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2009
at 21:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Definitely a success from Great Divide. Lots of Belgian yeast in the aroma and flavor. Lightly sweet with some candy sugar, but mild on the palate and as the description says, it would pair well with virtually anything.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2008
at 21:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours clear water with a slight tint of yellow and 20 second bright white head. The aroma is fruity up front and approaching the sense of a cider with big notes of assorted apples then moving into apricots, sweet malts, a hint of pepper and a sense of yeasty spice. The taste is very similar to the nose with sweet red and granny smith apples to go along with light color fruity esters, malt and candi sugar sweetness, a bit of pepper and the assorted Belgian yeast spiciness.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2008
at 21:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled 06/2007. Hazy yellow color, big white cloudy head, lace. Grainy, glueish mango aroma. Flavor is fruity and yeasty, a bit grainy and harsh alcoholic too. Hoppy aftertaste. A bit dull brew from Great Divide. This bottle was 1,5 yrs old, I suppose it is better when fresh - although ratings here are not raving this so much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2008
at 16:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled (bought from Ölkonsortiet, Aalborg). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, glue, grass and some slight notes of yeast. Flavour is hops, slight pumpkin, grass, grains and glue. Something like a clash between Belgian Ale and American Pale Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2008
at 02:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pale yellow body with a small white head. Aroma similar to a wit beer, but sweeter. Spice, grain, light hop. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter and lightly acidic. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately bitter. Light to medium body with a watery texture. Not very well put together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2008
at 19:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a bright gold with a small white head. Aroma is some citrus fruit with Belgian yeastness. Flavor is malty at first then comes some bitter fruit and finishes with some yeast and a touch of alcohol. I guess Hades is supposed to be a Duvel clone. It doesn’t quite match up but its good enough to try.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2008
at 21:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours light golden, thick white head. Aroma is yeasty with citrus nose. Taste is yeasty, fruty (apricot), malty, some sweet caramel. Light hop bitterness with spices in the finish. An average ale, alcohol is well present.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2008
at 02:11