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Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti 3.97 105

Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti

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1054.04/5.03.97/5.0Special12.2%87.3Snifter
Commercial Description:
Barrel Aged Yeti Imperial Stout has been aged for 20 months in used barrels from Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey, Colorado’s only whiskey maker. The rich and robustly roasted beer of 12.2% ABV and 75 International Bittering Units (IBUs) picks up flavors of oak, vanilla and whiskey through the extended aging process. These flavors add greater complexity to the already rich beer, while tempering its assertive nature.

“Our intent,” says Great Divide founder Brian Dunn, “was to age each beer in the barrels for 9 months. But we got busy with other projects, primarily the addition of a new bottling line, and the beers ended up aging for more than a year and half.” While the labels on the bottles state that the beers were aged 9 months in barrels, both beers were in fact aged 20 months in barrels.

Release limited to 470 bottles.
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 Ungstrup (15430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin dark brown head. The aroma has strong of chocolate, as well as notes of alcohol and wood. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of alcohol, wood, hops, chocolate, and roasted malt, leading to a very bitter and alcoholic finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.


 Papsoe (15109), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of bu11zeye. Pours black with a vague tint of red. Only a tiny beige head. Oaky aroma. Very full-bodied and very low in carbonation. Hard roasted malts and vanilla. Dried fruits. Warming alcohol finish. Lovely. 220909


 yespr (12423), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Sep 22, 2009  
75 cL bottle. Pours pitch black with a fully gone head. Aroma is wooden, alcohol and dark chocolate to solid roasted malt aroma. Smooth vanilla wooden flavoured. Dark chocolate and hard roasted malt flavoured. Smooth. Slight boozy and wooden flavoured finish. Lingering vanilla note.


 fonefan (11888), VestJylland, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 19, 2009  
Bottle 75cl. @ home.
[ Trade by Bobby91w ]. Clear dark black color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, wood - whisky, vanilla, leather, moderate alcohol - whisky. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft. [20090828]


 joergen (8637), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 23, 2009  
Bottle at Papsø. Pitch black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of bourbon, chocolate, cocoa powder and alcohol. Sweet and roasted flavour of bourbon, chocolate, cocoa powder and alcohol. Roasted finish.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 18, 2009  

Name: Yeti, BA
Date: November 14, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Words: 87/470
Appearance: black, frothy tan head, bits of drippy lace
Aroma: big roasted and oak aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, touch of hot whiskey continues to grow, long roasted bitterness
Overall: well balanced between the roast and whiskey
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4


 fiulijn (7500), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Black color, no head, just a few sparse bubbles. Aroma of cocoa powder, dusty, with chocolate and light oak. Powerful body, strong chocolate flavor, residual sweetness, evident alcohol punch with Port shades, nice subdued vanilla oak feeling; there is some liquorice too; it has a strong bitterness, with dark chocolate in the end. Powerful but very well balanced, extremely enjoyable.


 KimJohansen (7149), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 13, 2009  
Black with no head. Sweet aroma with burned malt, espresso, chocolate and vanilla. Flavour was full and had dark chocolate, burned malt, espresso, whiskey and vanilla notes. FInished sweet and full.



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