Great Divide

Great Divide Preps 19th Anniversary

Great Divide Brewing (Denver, CO) has been in the brewing business for 19 years. Each year, Great Divide celebrates with an anniversary release – typically a wood-aged imperial IPA. Things don’t stay the same forever. The 2013 celebration looks to Continue Reading →

Great Divide New Spring Session Beer

Meet one of Great Divide’s few lower ABV beers. The new spring seasonal Heyday clocks in at a nice low 5.2% ABV. This Belgian style white ale will be perfect for those spring days outside.

Style: Belgian White Ale
Availability: 12 oz Bottles, Continue Reading →

Great Divide Orabelle Debuts in January

Great Divide Brewing (Denver, CO) will debut a new seasonal in January, 2013.  Orabelle a is a Belgian style tripel.

Orabelle is brewed with barley, wheat, oats, and rye. This Belgian-style tripel is a golden beauty. It’s two yeast strains, orange Continue Reading →

Potential Release: Great Divide HEYDAY

The above is HEYDAY, a new potential release from Great Divide Brewing Co. (Denver, CO). Perhaps when you’re not out hunting (and drinking) Yetis you can work a witbier into your drinking routine.

HEYDAY is an eminently pleasant pour. Brewed with Continue Reading →

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Great Divide Preps 19th Anniversary

Great Divide Brewing (Denver, CO) has been in the brewing business for 19 years. Each year, Great Divide celebrates with an anniversary release – typically a wood-aged imperial IPA. Things don’t stay the same forever. The 2013 celebration looks to use birch syrup. Birch sap makes a great sweetener for pancakes & waffles, even beer.

19TH ANNIVERSARY ALE isn’t just a wood-aged ale. It’s a compass–a reminder of where we’ve been and where we’re going. Brewed with pure birch syrup and aged on birch wood, this beer embraces reverential tradition and revolutionary innovation.As we celebrate our 19th year, we hope yorill join us for the road ahead. 

Style:      (w/ Birch Syrup, Birch Wood Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

10.2% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
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Great Divide New Spring Session Beer

Meet one of Great Divide’s few lower ABV beers. The new spring seasonal Heyday clocks in at a nice low 5.2% ABV. This Belgian style white ale will be perfect for those spring days outside.

Style: Belgian White Ale
Availability: 12 oz Bottles, Draft
Arrival: Spring Seasonal

5.2% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Great Divide

Rare Offering: Great Divide Barrel Ages Choco Yeti

A rare sighting coming to a select few this Valentine’s Day. Great Divide will tap a bourbon barrel aged edition of Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti.  This particular Yeti is an imperial stout with cocoa nibs, a dash of cayenne and aged in oak. Throw it in a Jim Beam barrel and you have a rare treat even a jilted lover on greeting card day could fall in love with.

Find this creature at the brewery’s tap room in Denver, Colorado on V-Day, 2013.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cacao Nibs, Cayenne, Oak Aged, Barrel Aged)
Availability: Draft only

9.5% ABV (+)

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Great Divide

Great Divide Promoting Colette & Nomad to Year Round

Great Divide (Denver, CO) has informed me that Colette, the brewery’s saison and Nomad, a pilsner will become year round offerings in 2013. If my estimates are correct, Nomad debut in early 2012. Colette debuted in 22oz bottles a few years ago, then was upgraded to 12 oz/6 packs.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Great Divide

Great Divide To Retire Wild Raspberry, Samurai

I am told that Great Divide Brewing (Denver, CO) is going to cut two beers from their lineup. Wild Raspberry Ale (fruit beer) and Samurai (blonde ale with rice). These cuts reflect the new offerings that Great Divide is bringing to the table in 2013 – Orabelle, and HeyDay.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Great Divide

Great Divide Orabelle Debuts in January

Great Divide Brewing (Denver, CO) will debut a new seasonal in January, 2013.  Orabelle a is a Belgian style tripel.

Orabelle is brewed with barley, wheat, oats, and rye. This Belgian-style tripel is a golden beauty. It’s two yeast strains, orange peel, and dash of coriander impart surprising complexity and richness tot his 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.  

Style: Tripel
Availability: 12 oz bottles
Arrival: January, 2013

8.3% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Great Divide

Potential Release: Great Divide HEYDAY

Great Divide Heyday Belgain Style White Ale

The above is HEYDAY, a new potential release from Great Divide Brewing Co. (Denver, CO). Perhaps when you’re not out hunting (and drinking) Yetis you can work a witbier into your drinking routine.

HEYDAY is an eminently pleasant pour. Brewed with bailey. oats and raw wheat. HEYDAY is uniquely flavorful for such an easy drinking ale. With a slightly cloudy appearance and traditional yeast, it is a balanced, agreeable offering. Exuding mild hop bitterness and a nuanced body, this is the easiest decision you’ll make all day. 

Style: Witbier
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

5.2% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay