{"id":751,"date":"2008-10-05T20:56:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T00:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=751"},"modified":"2008-10-05T20:56:18","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T00:56:18","slug":"great-divide-releases-hibernation-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/05\/great-divide-releases-hibernation-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Divide Releases Hibernation Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"

We reviewed this last year and it was very good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s what we said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review – Great Divide Brewing Co.’s Hibernation Ale<\/a><\/p>\n

Commercial Description: “Hibernation Ale is Colorado’s original strong ale — it has been Great Divide’s winter seasonal each year since 1995. Hibernation’s massive flavors are so intense that it requires over three months of aging each year. This lengthy aging process gives Hibernation its revered malty richness, complex hop profile and hearty warming character, which is perfect right out of the bottle or cellared for longer periods of time.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Review: Pours a dark cloudy amber to brown color producing a massive light brown fizzy head with superb retention. Settles a clear dark amber with a little bit of activity, and the head has become creamy leaving a very nice series of rings on the glass. Aroma is very malty giving off sweet notes with caramel, red licorice, and overall just tasty, inviting aromas. Initial taste is moderately sweet, and the accompanying carbonation carries a heavy sweet taste to the finish with espresso, chocolate and candy sugar. There is some burnt malt bitterness at the finish that provides a bit of balance, and the alcohol barely shows itself. Mouthfeel is ridiculously rich and creamy, as the beer is medium bodied with silky smooth carbonation and velvety creaminess, and just the slightest bit of alcohol at the end, just enough to warm the throat and get you through a cold afternoon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reviewed on March 15th, 2008.
\nStyle Strong Ale
\nABV 8.1%
\nSource 12 oz bottle
\nOverall 23\/30<\/p>\n

Give it a try. Please let us know if the new release is just as good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean
\n2Beerguys.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Great Divide Goes Into Hibernation<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of Colorado\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s longest-running craft beer traditions returns this month.\u00c2\u00a0 Great Divide Brewing Co. will release its award-winning Hibernation Ale-Colorado\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original strong ale-on October 1st.<\/p>\n

A true precedent setter in the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s craft beer history, Hibernation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rich flavors and winter-warming heft created a stir upon the beer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s debut in 1995. Thirteen years later, Hibernation Ale is now one of the most sought-after winter beers in Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have a lot of history with Hibernation,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Great Divide founder Brian Dunn, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a fall tradition for our fans to buy a case of it when it comes out each year. It also personifies our brewery in many ways-it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s edgy but balanced, assertive but elegant. It set the standard for our brewery, especially for the bigger beers we make.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The beer has also landed a slew of honors for Great Divide, including three Great American Beer Festival honors and a World Beer Cup medal (see below for details). The 2005 vintage of Hibernation Ale was awarded a silver medal in the Aged Beer category at the 2006 Great American Beer Festival in Denver.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is one of our best beers for aging,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dunn says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As good as the beer is fresh, its malty richness and layered hop flavors go through some wonderful changes over a year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time. The hops pull back, the malts become more rounded, and the beer develops a nice caramel character you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find in the fresh version.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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\nHibernation is brewed each summer, dry-hopped, then aged for two months before its release. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only available for about 8 weeks each year, from mid-October to mid-December, in limited quantities of draft and 12 ounce bottles, in most Great Divide markets.<\/p>\n

Gold Medal, Great American Beer Festival, 1997 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Strong Ale\/English-Style Old Ale
\nSilver Medal, Great American Beer Festival, 2006 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Aged Beer (2005 Vintage)
\nSilver Medal, World Beer Cup, 1998 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Strong Ale\/English-Style Old Ale
\nSilver Medal, Great American Beer Festival, 2003 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Strong Ale\/English-Style Old Ale<\/p>\n

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We reviewed this last year and it was very good. Here’s what we said: Review – Great Divide Brewing Co.’s Hibernation Ale Commercial Description: “Hibernation Ale is Colorado’s original strong ale — it has been Great Divide’s winter seasonal each year since 1995. Hibernation’s massive flavors are so intense that it requires over three months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,99,22],"tags":[360,370,312,371],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/great_divide1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}