Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Denver, Colorado USA

another top want knocked right off my list. kan thanks so much for sharing. You were truly generous. The bourbon kicked ass!! The other versions of Yeti should be OHHH so jealous. The roast, chocolate and boozy notes married so well in this beer. Gotta love the bourbon in this one. Thanks Kan.

Many, many thanks to Kan for sharing this! Poured deep black with a well-retained cap of dark tan head. The aroma picked up coffee and dark chocolate with building bourbonny notes.. vanilla and a lighter array of chocolates trailed.. nice balance. Bourbon really took charge in the flavor and carried through the long finish.. well-roasted coffee and dark chocolates set up the middle and were accented by vanilla sweetness and toasty oak.. beautiful faint hit of smoke as it rolled off the palate. Heavily-bodied with low carbonation on the palate.. lots of barrel impression.. hot, but most certainly tasty!

Thanks to whoever opened a bottle of this at DLD ’09. This one was a lot of bourbon in both the nose and the flavor. So delicious!

Bottle #155 of 470. Appearance: Pours an inky black body with a small-sized, light khaki-colored, bubbly head. Sure, it’s small, but it’s lasting. Smell: Bourbon barrel nose spotted with hints of roast and dark fruits, but the scales are definitely tipped towards the bourbon, with punchy notes of oak, coconut creme, and toasted brown sugar. Taste: Sweet roasted malts, semi-sweet chocolate, ripe dark fruits, and toffee chips growing into a crescendo of oaky bourbon flavor, with all of the expected bourbon-based tastes. Medium level of earthy bitterness. Faint tannins emerge in the latter half. Further roasted maltiness on the warming finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Medium-low carbonation. Smooth, luscious mouthfeel. Drinkability: Remember the time when barrel-aged beers weren’t all of the place and ready, READY for the taking? I do. I remember those times. And, boy, am I glad they are over.

Bottle #285/470 generously shared by Sparky27...ERIC, you ROCK!!! Creamy vanilla milkshake floats on top of a liquid onyx body. The aroma is sublime; bourbon soaked oak, molasses, dark chocolate and roasted espresso. Complex and delicious with dark fruit, cocoa powder, caramel, vanilla and wood. The bourbon is evident but not overpowering. Extremely thick and viscous. An incredible beer!!!

Bottle 66 courtesy of Maltdawg at the Richmond Gathering, thanks to him for sticking it out late and letting us open this one up. Black, ruby edges, decent head. Aroma is slight whiskey, chocolate liquor, and some cherry. Flavor matches, with espresso notes mixed in. Rich, quite drinkable. Whiskey notes were present, but definitely in balance with the rest of the beer. Very enjoyable.

Rating #1100. 750ml bottle #285/470. Pours like crude oil and looks just like it. A one finger tan head tops it off and leaves fantastic lacing. The nose is oaky bourbon, dark fruits, molasses and burnt chocolate. The taste is vanilla, bourbon, wood, dark fruits, caramelized molasses and cocoa. Full creamy mouthfeel. Very good IS.

Bottle courtesy of MaltDawg on 03/14/2009. 750mL bottle numbered 66/470. Dark black body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy light brown body. Big chocolate, roast, caramel and whiskey aroma. Big caramel, chocolate and roast flavor with some molassas notes and a bit of rum soaked fruit with a whiskey finish and a bit of dry bitter. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.