Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

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

OMG! Da BOMB! Top of the line man. Everything is perfect. Aroma, color, head job, all superb and expressive. The mouthfeel is dazzling. Effers to malt ratio in balance. Huge and very strong. Not sweet at all. Just a sublimely balanced specimen summoned by all beer gods and shoved forefront. This one gets the Nobel prize in my book. Eat this with a chorizo and egg burro with a few Herdez jalapeños.

The Yeti in all its forms is my all time favorite Imperial Stout. I consider myself lucky to share the planet with its greatness. The Espresso just adds another layer of depth to this wiley creature. I was lucky enough to taste some of the first test batches at the Great Divide tasting room and I’m very impressed with Bryan and crew’s ability to capture the magic in a bottle. Don’t fear the yeti. Ride the snake.

lots of semi dark chocolate, empty espresso cup, chocolate and coco powder Aromas .. .
quite a bit of unique flavours, the espresso is most upfront, light dark chocolate and used coffee grounds follow .. .
on the extreme side of smoothness for such a big brew!
the aftertaste is outta this world, clean yet assertive!

I think this really is the finest Imperial Stout to touch my lips!!

world class!! ..god! why did i only buy one bottle!?!?!?

22oz bomber. Pours a deep, very dark brown/black with dark garnet brown highlights (at the edges of the glass, only when held up to the light). It pours with a thick but short-lived, dark, orangey-brown head that fades to almost soapy bubbles that leaves small worms of lace on the glass. The beer has a thick, dark roasted malt aroma with an intense fruitiness, coffee roastiness, subtle vanilla, strong tobacco, rich earthiness, and some alcohol. Flavor starts very roasty with amazingly rich espresso , earthy hop flavor, and a pleasant cherry-chocolate-coffee sweetness.At mid-tongue, the flavor combines a rich cakey malt sweetness with chocolate-covered espresso beans and more earthy hop flavor. The finish is dry, roasty, and bittersweet with growing sweetness and warming alcohol. There is a very subtle peppery, smokey note in the finish that accentuates the dryness in a pleasant and complex way. The mouthfeel is elegant and silky with a creamy, full, voluptuous body and soft but sufficiently lively bubbles. Overall: orgasm in a cup. No wait - that doesn’t look right :) Perhaps a less gross expression (i.e. without bizarre innuendo) would be: stupid good. A stupid good imperial stout.

Start out with an incredible beer and add incredible coffee, and that’s what you have here. Very, very rich and roasty impy with a heavy sweetness and a strong bitterness to boot. Coffee and espresso flavors and aromas are very bold and aromatic. Quite a bit of dark chocolate, too. So really it’s a wonderful blend of three things I love: stout, coffee and chocolate. Awesome stuff.

Comes out of the bottle a rich opaque chocolaty sable with a thick brown head. Aroma is like a rich coffee and has a strong undertone of hops with a firm hint of chocolate, like a good IPA mixed with a fine mocha. Flavor has a strong coffee component, a hoppy overtone, and more than a hint of unsweet chocolate, with smoky and nutty hints. Texture is pleasingly smooth and thick, and finish is coffee-ish and a little hoppy. I thought there was no way to combine "stouty" and hoppy flavor - I am glad that I have been proven wrong!

on tap at The Brick Store Pub, Decatur, GA... first class beer... this is by far the best coffee stout I’ve had to date. The espresso has taken a top notch beer in Oak Aged Yeti and has transformed it into something even greater. Thick black with a solid 2 finger tan head... which eventually results in a quarter inch throughout. HUGE espresso aromas flood the nose... extremely smooth over the palate. There is obviously a ton of coffee, as well as some underlying vanilla, oak and roasted malts. A solid hop presence appears on the tip and throughout the finish... And the finish is top notch... bitter, smooth, roasty and delicious. Seriously one of the best beers. Had to stop off at Green’s and pick up a couple bottles on the way home.

22 oz. bottle from Coasters. Aroma is pure espresso. Taste is amazing. Alcohol is very well hidden (as long as it is chilled). Belongs in the same discussion as Breakfast Stout and Speedway Stout. An absolutely incredible beer...I have just tried a bottle of this that I purchased 6 months ago. With coffee/espresso beers I don’t normally like them aged for too long because it typically tastes like stale coffee. In this case, however, everything that was great about it when it was fresh is still true. An absolute homerun with this one.