(Denver, CO) – The above label is not for Great Divide Barrel-Aged Hibernation (more info on that below), but rather, the new label for the regular version of Hibernation. The current brown label has been on shelves for a year and is getting a complete overhaul. Besides the obvious improvements made to the appearance, the label now indicates an ABV spike from 8.1% to 8.7% and is taking credit for the silver medal that the beer took at the 2006 Great American Beer Festival.

Also new for Hibernation in 2009 is the limited release of a Barrel-Aged version. According to the Great Divide blog, “Barrel Aged, bottle conditioned beers will be released late September/early October. The Hibernation has already been bottled […] and will remain in the warmth upstairs to finish conditioning until the release. According to cellarman, Austin Wiley, there are only 504 of these bottles. The [Barrel-Aged] Yeti and Old Ruffian are scheduled to be bottled over the next couple of weeks.”

Meanwhile, Great Divide’s latest brews, Hoss and Tripel have recently begun to appear in stores.