Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

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

Bottle from Lone Hill shared with DuffmanSW. Pours a light-absorbing pitch black with one of the darkest brown heads Ive ever seen, lots of lacing and retention. Aroma is the standard coffe and chocolate with a dark fruity sweetness and some earth. Dark fruit stands out more as it warms. Flavor is roasty, coffee, dark chocolate, molasses, with a smooth bitterness throughout and a somewhat dry finish. Perfectly silky and full bodied with creamy carbonation. This one was the winner of the night.

12 oz bottle. Another beer on the rating quest. Pours a jet black with a chocolate brown small head that disappates quickly. Smells of lots of chocolate, a bit of coffee, some malt, and a little toffee. Tastes of chocolate, caramel malt, some toffee, and no coffee (a little disappointing). Also a hint of black licorice (which I do not like). Very smooth going down, and leaves a roasty chocolate feeling in your mouth. A great stout, though if you think this is good, try the oak aged, which is greatly better.

bottle 12oz: Poured deep black with a small dark brown head. Smell of roasty toasty malt and licorice and slight spice and some smoke. Taste was roasted malts slightly sweet with a nice bitter touch and a slighty smoky flavor. Thick mouth feel. Overall I liked this better than the Oaked version (apparently oaked beer ain’t my thing). Great brew.

22oz bomber poured into a snifter. Pour is opaque black, and very thick. There’s a small brown head of thick, large bubbles and it dissipates quite quickly. Aroma is as thick as the beer - dark roasted malts with chocolatey notes with a touch of resinous hops. Take a drink and it’s just as thick as you’d expect it to be with tastes of roasted malts and coffee that finishes with a nice hop bitterness. Pretty well balanced with the caramelized sweetness of the malts offset by the hops. Very good beer

Dark brown almost black out of the bottle. Beautiful aroma of dried fruit malt with a bit of earthiness. Flavor was nicely sweet chocolate, malts. Dry hop finish. Alcohol is well hidden. One of the best.

Poured a thick black color with a tall, creamy, foamy brown head that left a good deal of lacing. The aroma was like a glass of chocolate milk, but not too strong. The aroma was the only less than stellar thing aboutt his beer. There was a strong flavor throughout the glass. Initially there was a lightly sweet chocolate flavor that rolled into a strong espresso flavor with a hint of alcohol coming through the flavor. The finish had a somewhat bitter bite from the hops and the strong flavor. The finish lasted a good long time. Excellent beer!!!!!!!

Draught (Pikkulintu, Helsinki) - Black in colour. The aroma has hops, chocolate and some coffee notes. Roasted and hoppy taste with coffee and chocolate featuring again. Nice to drink, but I think the hops are a bit excessive for a beer of this type. I would prefer more roasted notes.

Silky oil! This is yet another fine example of an Imperial Stout. I just love the malt intensity and smooth delivery of such a high alcohol content. A sipper for sure, but just becuse you want to savor the flavor.