Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

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

pitch black pour, quickly vanishing tan head...roasty bitterness, mellowed with the oak aging...i prefer original

This is one of the best beers i’ve ever tasted. 22 oz bottle. This one pours dark as night with a rich thick brown head. The nose is chocolate, hints of vanilla and licorice, leather, and smoke. The taste is much the same with roasted coffee as well. The palate is thick and oily. This is a wonderful brew.

Yes, it’s black. Just like it should be. Three finger head of thick, coffee colored foam. Retention is great and lacing is clumpy and sticky. Big roasted malt presence. Notes of leather and smoke. Nice coffee hints. Brown sugar, molasses and a touch of licorice. Taste totally follows the nose, on this one. All that I can add is that the alcohol is extremely well-hidden and that this is one rich, decadent freakin’ beer. Very nice full bodied brew, here. Thick and creamy, with a touch of oiliness. The mild carbonation level helps this one remain smooth and enjoyable. This was made for sipping on, maybe a bottle or three, over the course of a night. Totally drinkable. Tasty as hell.

This is another imperial stout that I really like, with roasted coffee and chocolate type flavors like you would expect from a beer of this style. This beer has the added effect of a potent woody character from the oak. Interesting and delicious.

Wow. Just wow. This stout was incredible. It poured an opaque black with a medium brown head. The aroma was mostly roasted malts, chocolate, and a little tobacco-y. It was an incredible brew and was very filling. Just awesome.

10/30/09 bottling date. Pours a dark black with a small tan head. The aroma was chocolate, roastiness, & tobacco(my first time smelling tobacco in beer). The taste was bitter espresso, wood-wow that’s a lot of wood taste, roasty with the wood making the ending very dry. This is the woodiest beer I’ve had & as you get through the bomber the wood taste does start to be too much. Maybe it needs a little more time in the bottle for the wood taste to settle down & mix in with the rest of the flavors.

Rating #200! Pours oil-like black with a soft tan head from the 22oz. bottle: Nose is ridiculously intimidating. The first sip is calming. Smoked oak, earth tones, vanilla beans, coffee with a little added creamer, dried cherries mixed with bitter dark, roasted chocolate (you can practically chew on it), and a thoroughly bitter finish. Mildly carbonated, full bodied, and silky smooth throughout into a lingering, mutifaceted characteristic finish. Drinkability: Easing, delicious, warming (or is that the alcohol in my stomach)... complex. A real beer-rah. Rebuy: Right away. #200 on 14112009, DG.

So dark I poured the bottle and the room got dim. Intense roasted aroma, exceptional flavor, coffee, grain, and chocolate. A very intense and nicely hopped stout.