Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

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

Thanks eagle. Poured a dark black color and head a good size head. Aroma was of very good coffee and vanilla. Flavor was much the same, good bitterness to it solid vanilla and only a slight oak. This is a good one for sure.

SpringsLicker’s Fish Fry. Sample from a bottle thanks to SpringsLicker. Black with a thin tan head. Espresso, chocolate, roasted malt aroma. Taste is bitter espresso, chocolate, coffee, light vanilla.

Bomber shared with soccer290. I actually missed this beer while carousing my local liquor store. I am sure glad soccer290 was there to point it out to me! It pours a jet black color with a very nice brown head that rises up after it is poured. It actually looked like the head was growing on top of the brew. The aroma consisted of a LOT of coffee, roasted malt, and some chocolate and burnt wood. The taste was dominated by coffee with some hints of roasted malt, burnt wood, and chocolate. This brew lined my mouth after every drink and made me keep wanting more. It also left excellent lacing on the side of my glass also. Again, Great Divide impresses...

22 oz bomber shared with General66. Was very excited to see this at my local liquor store, as I loved Oak Aged Yeti (was what turned me on to stouts), and I love coffee in stouts. Pours a dark opaque black with a fluffy chocolate colored head that rose after the pour, then slowly dissipated. Smells of roasted chocolate, some oak character, and lots of coffee, with maybe a hint of vanilla. Tastes very similar, with the coffee/espresso becoming more apparent, and more masking of the other flavors. Goes down very smooth, with a bit of stickiness early, but eventually gets less sticky as it warmed (which was surprising). Very good beer, which I actually enjoyed more than Oak Aged Yeti, but that’s only because of the coffee character.

Bottle. Deep thick pour with a long lasting very dark tan creamy head. Aroma was balanced between a light roasted coffee, sweet malt, roasted barley, and light chocolate. Flavor was silky smooth, velvety, and awesome with such a good blending of oak, vanilla, espresso, malt, chocolate, it goes on. Very well made brew with a thick and chewy mouth-feel. This was a well enjoyed beer.

How I couldn’t love an espresso oak aged stout, I’m not sure, and this didn’t disappoint. Aroma of chocolate, espresso, malts, maple, and brown sugar, but with a little bit of a burnt aroma. Medium carbonation, a bit surprising for a stout. The flavor starts with the espresso, moves into caramel and then the bitter hoppy finish.

A deep, rusty brown body, wholly opaque, with a dark tan head. Mahogany in depth and mood. Scent of coffee, dust, earth, and wood chips. Taste is espresso syrup, roasted malt, coffee, earth, resin, and compost. Overall, it’s another amazing, layered, and complex creation for the Yeti brand, and for Great Divide. Keep them coming.

some astringent burntness on the nose, and on the finish stop this from being a 5. the warm soft fuzziness that engulfs the front of the tongue far outweigh any deficiencies. I love to just keep a swig in the front of my mouth and rub my tongue through it.