Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

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

Bottle from Total Beverage, pours black with brown head, nice lacing and very good head retention, medium to full bodied, creamy smooth, strong carmel and vanilla notes, overall this is a great beer!

Poured from a bomber. Chocolate black with a mocha head. Nice aroma of smoky hops and chocolate. Medium bodied. Molasses, vanilla, caramel, maltiness, coffee, and oak. Great length of complex flavors. Somewhat dry hoppy finish. Great brew!!

Very creamy and smooth. The hop profile is fantastic, it blends with the carmelly sweetness in a very balanced way. Buy it.

Bottle. Black. Nice thick brown head. Complex aroma of hops, butter, coffee and chocolate. The taste is bitter at first. Lots of hops and malted barley. The aftertaste is very complex. Mild tones of whiskey and lots of vanilla. Smooth. Well balanced. Thick.

I could not think of a single way to improve this. Malty carmelized yumminess over a foundation of molasses coffee bittersweet chocolate, you mild oak spicy note to top it all off. a dance of complex flavors and completely flawless. On tap @ the Tap House Grill in Seattle Although I wasn’t as impressed (maybe a 4.3) with it in a bottle.

Appearance: Pitch black body under a small, though dense, persistent, tan-colored head. Creamy, glass-coating lacing throughout. Smell: Aroma of fully roasted malts and oak wood with appropriately roasty notes of licorice root, instant coffee, and unsweetened chocolate. Taste: Dark, roasted malts tasting of slightly sweet dark chocolate, smoky creosote, and a half-shot of espresso. A smooth, drying oak character hits the palate midway through and slowly increases towards the finish. Tiny bit of vanilla and licorice. The citrus and pine hoppiness found in the standard Yeti seems to be diminished considerably by the oak, but there’s still plenty of balancing bitterness to be found. Smooth finish with a delicate lingering oakiness. Everything from the roasted malts to the oak character to the hops are full in flavor but, thankfully, are never glaring or excessive. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Medium carbonation. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Drinkability: Though certainly not always the case, I do prefer the oaked version over the standard. A full, flavorful beer that makes for pleasant sipping.

Bottle from BottleTrek in OR. This aged Imperial Stout ranks up there with the Speedway Stout. There was a great mix of vanilla, deep chocolate, and coffee to round off this brew. The palate definitely benefits from the barrel-aging process, along with adding character from the oak. I will buy this one again. Excellent, excellent thick beer. Just typing about it makes me want another.

Bomber. Pitch black color with a nice solid tan head that stays on the beer the entire time. Extremely rich nose, very roasty. The flavor comes across like the richest, strongest coffee I’ve ever had. There’s a bit of an alcohol burn that combines well with the roasty flavors to warm the whole body. If I could get a coffee that tastes just like this, I’d be a happy man.