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Great Divide Yeti headed to cans

Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout will soon be available in cans. The brewery has already teased the beer’s existence on social media.

Great Divide Yeti is one of the brewery’s most highly rated, as well as a year-round offering. (Other Yeti variants Continue Reading →

Great Divide Peach Grand Cru Hits Shelves

Craft beer and Colorado Palisade peaches collide in Great Divide Peach Grand Cru. The beer was first released in October, 2013.

Peach Grand Cru is Great Divide’s newest limited offering.  Brewed with Colorado fruit picked right at the peak of ripeness, Continue Reading →

Great Divide Orabelle Planned for Cans

A bit more on the Great Divide Brewing can front. The future can lineup in 2015 will feature (at various times) Titan IPA, Hibernation Ale, Colette, and now Orabelle.

Great Divide Orabelle is a seasonal Belgian-style tripel, released in draft and Continue Reading →

Great Divide Collette To Be Canned

Great Divide Brewing (Denver, CO) will be adding cans to the lineup in 2015, as a part a $30+ million dollar expansion.

Among the initial cans include Titan IPA, Hibernation and their year round farmhouse ale, Colette.

COLETTE is our homage to the saisons Continue Reading →

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Great Divide Yeti headed to cans

Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout will soon be available in cans. The brewery has already teased the beer’s existence on social media.

Great Divide Yeti is one of the brewery’s most highly rated, as well as a year-round offering. (Other Yeti variants appear throughout the year.)

YETI IMPERIAL STOUT is an onslaught of the senses. It starts with big, roasty malt flavor that gives way to rich caramel and toffee notes. YETI gets its bold hop character from an enormous quantity of American hops. It weighs in at a hefty 75 IBUs.

Great Divide Yeti will apparently be available in 12 ounce cans while it is still cold outside, alongside its bottle and draft siblings.

Style: Imperial Stout
Availability: 22oz Bottles, 12oz Bottles, Draft (Current), Cans (Soon)
Release: TBA

9.5% ABV, 75 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Great Divide, Headlines

Great Divide 21st Anniversary Sour Ale Debuts This Weekend

Great Divide 21st Anniversary beer is a departure from the previous birthday releases.

If you’ve been following Great Divide’s Anniversary Series, you’ve seen oak aged imperial IPAs, a strong ale with birch syrup, and a Belgian-style ale with grape juice. This year, the brewery is releasing a sour ale, aged in red wine barrels.

This American sour is a celebration of 21 years of brewing with Bold Character. This commemorative release opens up with a bright, tart, kiwi and citrus notes before mellowing out with a hint of oak and subtle white wine-like character. Soured with lactobacillus and brettanomyces and aged for 9 months in wine barrels, 21st Anniversary  is notably complex while retaining a delicate approachability.

Great Divide 21st Anniversary debuts on June 13th, at Great Divide’s second location in Denver on Brighton Boulevard.

Style: American Wild Ale (Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Release: 6/13/15

6.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Great Divide, Seasonal Return

Great Divide Peach Grand Cru Hits Shelves

Craft beer and Colorado Palisade peaches collide in Great Divide Peach Grand Cru. The beer was first released in October, 2013.

Peach Grand Cru is Great Divide’s newest limited offering.  Brewed with Colorado fruit picked right at the peak of ripeness, this Belgian-style ale marries two of our home state’s well-known offerings: great beer and fresh Palisade peaches.  Both sophisticated and balanced, this extraordinary, aromatic ale was born to be savored beyond the orchard.

Great Divide Peach Grand Cru is on shelves now, in 750ml bottles.

Style: Belgian Strong Ale (w/ Peaches)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: December, 2014

12% ABV

Image via Ale Yeah

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Don't Miss This, Great Divide

Great Divide Orabelle Planned for Cans

A bit more on the Great Divide Brewing can front. The future can lineup in 2015 will feature (at various times) Titan IPA, Hibernation Ale, Colette, and now Orabelle.

Great Divide Orabelle is a seasonal Belgian-style tripel, released in draft and 12oz bottles.

ORABELLE is brewed with barley, wheat, oats, and rye.  This Belgian-Style Tripel is a golden beauty.  Its two yeast strains, orange peel and dash of coriander impart surprising complexity and richness to this delicate ale. Don’t let Orabelle’s demure nature fool you; this is one flavorful pour.  Watch out, she’s a charmer – one sip and you’ll be in love.

Great Divide Orabelle typically arrives in January, but the canning line won’t be producing until closer to summer, 2015. The brewery will outline the can lineup closer to production.

Style: Belgian-style Tripel
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Seasonal Release. 12oz cans (Planned)
Arrival: TBA

8.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Great Divide

Great Divide Collette To Be Canned

Great Divide Brewing (Denver, CO) will be adding cans to the lineup in 2015, as a part a $30+ million dollar expansion.

Among the initial cans include Titan IPA, Hibernation and their year round farmhouse ale, Colette.

COLETTE is our homage to the saisons that Belgian farm workers have enjoyed for centuries. Brewed with barley, wheat and rice and fermented at high temperatures with a special blend of four different yeast strains, COLETTE is fruity and slightly tart, with a dry finish that makes it that rarest of treats — a beer as refreshing as it is complex.

If the timeline holds, the brewery should launch cans by summer, 2015. Great Divide is already available in 12oz bottles, and draft.

Style: Farmhouse Ale
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. 12oz Cans (2015). Year-round

7.3% ABV

Read more: Canned Craft Beer

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, Great Divide

Great Divide Hibernation Ale, A Can Potential

Great Divide Hibernation Ale is among the potential cans when the brewery goes aluminum in 2015. Great Divide has built into their $38 million dollar plans, a canning line.

Year round Titan IPA will presumably be among the first can offerings, with Hibernation Ale arriving as a seasonal when is releases in later 2015.

HIBERNATION ALE has been our celebrated winter tradition since 1995. This robust, dry-hopped ale has a malty richness balanced with a complex hop profile and hearty, warming character.

Great Divide Hibernation Ale will be a 12oz cans. The canning line is slated to go live in late-spring/summer, 2015.

Style: Old Ale
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. (12oz Cans, 2015 Potential)

8.7% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Great Divide, Headlines

Great Divide Titan IPA Coming to Cans

Great Divide Brewing Co. (Denver, CO) will add cans to their lineup in 2015. The canning line is a part of a $38 million dollar expansion by the craft brewery.

Among the initial cans includes Titan IPA, a current year round offering.

TITAN IPA is a big, aggressively hopped India Pale Ale brewed for hop disciples. It starts out with piney hop aromas and citrus hop flavors, and finishes with a nice rich, malty sweetness that is balanced with crisp hop bitterness.

Great Divide Titan IPA will be available in 12oz cans for the first time in early to mid 2015.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. (Current) Cans, 2015

7.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay