Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

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

Lovely beer. Dark mahogany pour, very dark head like a cappuccino froth. Roasted malt aroma. The flavor is dominated by a creamy cocoa flavor. A dry finish, slight bitterness. Creamy body and rich flavor. I’d love another please....

Black-mahogany with good, foamy cappuccino head / Sour, roast malt and chocolate nose / Medium to full body, acidic and chewy, with lively carbonation and good balance of roast malts with the big, hoppy, dry and bitter finish / Flavors of roast malt, dark roast coffee, cigar box, dry hops, unsweetened chocolate, and citrus / Excellent.

12 oz. bottle into snifter. Pours almost black with a finger or so of tan head. Aroma is huge with roasted malts and a little bitter chocolate. The flavor is chocolatey with a touch of coffee and dried fruits that finishes with a wonderful caramel flavor that lingers on the palate. Yum.

Trying this from a 12 oz. Pours to one of the darker colors I can remember -- holding it up to a lamp reveals literally no direct evidence of the light. Light white head. Typically toasty and bready aromas and I also pick up a clove/tobacco element. It’s sweeter than I’d imagined, but definitely not too much so. It’s an imperial stout, so this is a nice segue into the evident alcohol. As with the Oak-aged, you don’t quickly forget that this is 9%+ alcohol. It’s pretty full, but not what I’d really call creamy. Round might be the right word. The finish though, I actually enjoy more than on its aged brother: no oaking allows for a nice semi-bitter finish to linger with just enough dark chocolateness. Great Divide puts out solid beers and this is no exception. Try it head-to-head with the oak aged. Personally, though, this is my winner.

Had this on tap at the Fat Cat, Norwich. Didn’t take notes at the time, but was very dark brown with dark head and big viney, chocolately nose. Great classic imperial stout taste, strong, bitter chocolate with a touch of sweetness and red fruit. Very good.

12 oz bottle for this rating. Pours pitch black with a beautiful brown head heavy with lacing. Aroma is mostly roast malt and chocolate. Taste is bitter chocolate, a touch of coffee in the middle, and finishes off with a nice sweet caramel with a touch of floral hops. Very thick and viscous but ridiculously easy to drink. This is world class stuff, get it.

Black as night with a chocolaty head, lacing all down the glass. Hint of coffee in the aroma. Taste is phenomenal with an awesome caramel finish that lasts the perfect amount of time. Amazizing

Aroma is hops and soy sauce... some chocolate notes. Deep deep brown appearance. Taste is very complex: a lot of hops, alcohol presence... burned coffee and very dark chocolate... raisin and even grape-skin-like... in its best moments you’ve got dark chocolate covered raisins, and in its worst moments, you’re chasing cough syrup with coffee. Aftertaste of caramel and old library book. Palate: Batch I had was very smooth... little fizz, barely any head at first, then bubbles creeping up... this is December 2009, and it was bottled in March of ’06. I’ll compare a fresher batch some time, but I really like this one. Wonderful.