Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

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

thanks to kook for being sucked in to trade this excellent beer for my dodgy homebrew. well i like this much more than the oaked version i had 18 months ago. at room temp - chocolate fudge and vanilla, rum aroma. in the mouth surprisingly not over the top and quite balanced, in the sort of way that an elephant and a dugong probably both look equally big to a gecko. dextrinous but not sweet, chocolate and melanoidins devoured first by burnt slices of toast, then by piney hops that come to pick at the carcass. tasty, but yeah, a lot of breweries can make a tasty imperial stout.

Bottle at WBF in Raleigh. Black pour, with a brownish, tan head. Aroma is full of dark malts, chocolate, coffee. Flavor is similar, with a slight it of alcohol in aftertaste. Very sweet finish, with some bitterness from hops and malts. Very good beer.

Dark black pour with a thick very dark brown head. Scent has coffee, vanilla and chocolate notes shining through. All the above plus some caramel present themselves in the flavor, along with a noticeable alchohol bite. Smoky and dry roasted finish make this one outstanding. I think this might be better than the oak aged version.

12oz. bottle: Pours inky black with a dense and tall brown head. Wonderful rich dark roast malts, deep dark roasted cocoa beans, regular chocolate, some coffee, and some wood ash. There is also quite a bit of hops in the nose that balances very well with the chocolate roast and sugared, dried fruits. Big "C" hop flavor and bitterness grabs you just before roast and dark malts thunder in. Full mouthfeel with big hop and big roast. The hops stay throughout but definitely get covered a little by the dark roast in the middle. Alcohol starts to come in and combine with the hop to take you to a somewhat dry roasted hop finish. Big beer with big flavors, but it could use some more interest in the middle.

motor oil black, brown head with good duration, nice lacing. aroma of toasted hops, espresso, dark chocolate, and some raisin hints as well. similar taste, but coffee and chocolate comes to the forefront- nice to have a stout that has a taste differing from its aroma. nice mouthfeel, lingers nicely on the tongue. overall a very tasty beer.

Pours like used motor oils with copious brown head- perhaps one of the darker heads I’ve had the pleasure of laying eyes upon. Head it tight and frothy, eminating roasty notes of bitter chocolate, coffee, citrus hops, and burnt malt. Lacing quite prevalent. Flavor was a robust malt backbone with a hint of hop and alcohol bite in the proper proportions. Coffee, chocolate malt and dry hoppy finish. Mouthfeel is incredible. Chewy, fufilling, rich and incredibly smooth. Aging would treat this one well. Great flavors and balance culminate to create quite the outstanding brew.

Pours the traditional black with thick brown head. Smells like coffee, malt, chocolate, and alcohol. Great flavor of espresso, roast malt, and chocolate. A great deal for a four pack.

Big milk chocolate coffee aroma wafting out. Semi-sweet choco-coffee attack, burnt roasty flavor. Quite creamy.