Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

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

22oz Bomber. Pours a deep dark black with a nice foamy peaky mocha colored head that lasted quite a while. Aromas of Oak, Burnt Roasted malts and wood, and alcohol. Palate and flavor was exceptional and smooth, Lots of chocolate a little oak and some great hopped bitterness! Delicious!

22 oz bomber- poured into wide room temp wide mug. Poured very dark with a head that formed slow but very strong from the bottom of the mug. nice dark brown head that stood strong and tall for a long time. Aroma was very nice. After letting the head settle the head stayed dark at the bottom and showed a lighter dark brown at the top. Very nice lacing as the head didn’t want to let go of the glass. Flavor was amazing. I am new to this rating and tasting but I have certainly found a beer style that I really enjoy. The flavor was a nice mix of bitter (not too bitter) and malt and sweet. Very nice. I will look forward to introducing this beer to friends. I will be sure to visit this brew again soon.

22oz. bomber, almost nine bucks at Sam’s, 100th pctl beer? ok, here it goes- didn’t rouse much of a head but what was there was very finely bubbled and sticky. Daaarrrk mocha brown. Really great freshly crushed hop cone aroma, creamy chocolate nougat, dank pine forest after a rainstorm when the sun comes back out. The tongue is first coated with a dextrinous, silky blanket that graciously yelds to waves of bittter espresso with a hint of unsweetened oaken vanilla and then a green sea of hop bitterness washes it all away. Surpassed my expectations, really great imperial that is, surprisingly, nowhere near over-the-edge, just huge in all the right ways. Flippin’ sweet.

2006 (?) Vintage

7/20/2008: Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout doesn’t seem as dark as the regular Yeti as it appears more dark and less black. It has a small tan head that doesn’t stay on top very long. Vanilla and candy-like citrus are most evident in the aroma. It actually smells more like an aged barleywine than an Imperial Stout. The flavor begins with caramelized malt and bits of roastiness and semi-sweet chocolate along with an assertive citrusy hop flavor accompanied by some piney hoppiness as well. Vanilla cream and subtle oak (in the background toward the finish) follow quitely and are faily pronounced. The flavors imparted by the oak aging definitely supress the robust roastiness and over-arching hoppiness of the regular Yeti somewhat, yet manage to blend and create and favorable flavor balance at wamer temperatures (the vanilla begins to retract and the citrusy hops come forth more readily). The body of this beer is medium-full (a bit more thin than the regular Yeti), but it is still very smooth and has a mellow mouthfeel. Overall one can tell that the original Yeti is hiding out underneath the vanilla and oakiness. While this is definitely acceptable and creates a really nice beer, some may more greatly appreciate the robustness and obvious assertive hoppiness delivered by the regular, non-oaked Yet Imperial Stout...

1 Pint 6 fl. oz. bottle (9.5% Alc. By Vol. / 75 IBUs) sent to me by jsh12bama in September 2006. Thanks Jason! Rating #1217 for this beer...

Poured black into my snifter with a big brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Flavor is the same with a nicely infused wooden oaky tones. Hops are noticable but not overdone, the bitterness is well balanced with the malt. Palate is medium body not like the motor oil of Dark Lord but almost refreshing for a big stout. Carbonation is slight and only gets you in the back of the throat. Well worth the hype this is up there with Dark Lord, Speedway, and Black Albert.

Bottle shared with 1_2many. Completely black in color with a thick brown/tan head. The aroma is an excellent combination of hops and roasted malt. Flavor is intensely hoppy as well, with more roasted malt, and sweet chocolate. Fairly full bodied with a dry finish. A wonderful balance of robust malt and hops. I’ve been waiting to try this beer for a long time, and it didn’t let me down.

It poured a very dark black and an inch tall chocolate milk colored head slowly rose in the glass. It was a fine looking stout. The head remained for most of the beer, continually refreshed by swirling the glass. I was a little surprised by the hoppiness of this beer, although the label does promote it as a fairly hopped up beer. I found it a little out of place for such a dark stout. Malty and some coffee aromas, with some slight toffiness as well. This beer had many layers of flavors as it warmed up in the glass. It started quite bitter, very similar to a Bigfoot barley wine. As it warmed, it began to have almost a buttery quality, and the hoppiness definitely mellowed. It still had a very bitter aftertaste, though. I could also taste the hints of vanilla that were promised on the label. I liked this better as it warmed, but still was a bit put off by the high hop content. It had a stout mouthfeel. Rich, smooth, not overly carbonated, and warming from high ABV which was very well hidden. Overall, this beer reminded me more of a barleywine than an imperial stout. It was an interesting brew with many levels of flavors, but not my favorite.

Pours pure mahogany but is deep dark black with a nice coffee cream head. Chocolate, oak and alcohol dominate the nose. Exceptional palate, each sip takes the mouth and taste buds through a adventure like a fine Cuban. Flavor is oak, coffee and dutch chocolate with some tannins and a bitter long lasting finish.