Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

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

<i>Bomber from BOTW (Rochester), bought well over a year ago, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.</i>

<b>App.</b>: Very very deep brown-black with wee hints of ruby and a good mocha foam. <b>Aroma</b>: Huge amounts of slightly minty molasses, some licorice, dark dried fruits, chocolate, cacao, vanilla, green pine hops, a bit of soy sauce-like savouriness, a bit of slightly non-dried fruitiness. <b>Palate</b>: Medium-ful body, sparse carbonation, fairly smooth and a little syrupy. <b>Flav.</b>: All sorts of black chocolate, molasses, licorice, fruitiness, some green herbaceous hops, a bit of the oak, mainly as vanilla; definitely some warming alcohol, fairly bitter but also somewhat sweet, burns a little, leaves the mouth feeling very coated and like dark chocolate with the bitterness, deep roasted notes and a slight tartness.

Hard to compare to the original, as I had it long ago. Certainly enjoyed this variation a lot and was glad the strange cat-food thing wasn’t going on.

Bottle, shared w/ danielcurtis81. Lots of roasted malt, and chocolate. Some vanilla and caramel in the black body that goes down very smooth. Nice oak flavor. Very enjoyable.

Bottled. Nose of sweet roasted malts, vanilla, caramel and hops. Black body with a creamy, brown lasting head. Nice lacing. Full bodied. Hops, roasted malt, chocolate, molasses, liquorice and oranges in the flavour. Oily texture. Sweet/ bitter finish. Great and very enjoyable.

Draught@EBF, Copenhagen Apperance: Dark brown with a brown creamy lace. Aroma: Roasted malt, Ripe fruit, Bitter chocolate. Flavor: Vanilla, Espresso, Milk chocolate, Licorice, Spices. Hell yeah! Palate: So damn smooth it’s almost scary. Nice initial sweetness from the wood ending with a nice portion of bitter hops. This is a damn good beer. Up there with the very best imperial stouts!

Pours a thick deep dark brown. The nose is roasted malts, and hints of chocolate. Comes across the palate as mild chocolate & coffee notes with and fine vanilla finish with alight bitterness.

In the bottle from By the Bottle in Vancouver, WA.
Same great appearance, flavor and texture as the standard Yeti but with a very nice, smooth vanilla oak characteristic. I’d like to see this beer after being laid down for a year or so.

Bottle. Stored for about one year. Black color with a brown head and good lacing. Aroma: Roasted and sweet malt, american hops, coffee, chocolate, black currant, wood, faint vanilla and alcohol notes. Flavor: Roasted/burned, sweet, chocolate, espresso, licorice, black currant, oakwood, vanilla, faint alcohol and a bit of hop bitterness. Smooth and full-bodied. Very nice.

Almost completely opaque black, Espresso and Coffee notes, with a mild vanilla finish and a touch of hops on the tail end.