Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

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

Opened at night in celebration of Easter, while watching Boondock Saints with my dad! 12 oz bottle pours viscous, used motor oil-black, completely impenetrable. Nice one-finger dark brown head that settles into a lasting ring. Nose is heavy bitter chocolate, cacao, roasted, almost burnt espresso notes, and a hint of toffee and whiskey. Taste is more of a balance between the chocolate and coffee tones, with a surprisingly strong hop backbone here. 9.5% alcohol is extremely well-hidden. Finishes clean, with almost no burn. I could drink two of these, its that smooth.

Pours a deep oily black with a small amber brown head. Aroma is sweet malt, coffee, citrus hops, dates, bordeau and just a hint of alcohol. Flavor is medium sweet, coffee, grapefruit and fruity. Nice long finish with a slight warming sensation as it goes down the throat. Big body, small carbonation. This is one very nice beer.

Very dark, almost oily. Taste and aroma balance together and remind me of such things as old fashioned black licorice, old work dark chocolate, but with a definite hop and dark malt taste that makes it all beer. A very strong stout with a flavor that masks its high alcohol content. Note to self, but again to share with a friend.

Bottle. Very strong smell of dark chocolate and coffee. Very dark brown creamy head, rather small. The body is black. Very bitter start and finish, long duration. Full body, creamy.syrupy texture, soft carbonation, light alcoholic finish. Very strong stout!

black with an espresso head. roasted malts and toffee on the nose. roasted malts and coffee flavor and it’s pretty thick and pretty tasty. it’s only getting this rating since i have an expedition on my mind.

From Colorado with love. Pours a deep, black thick color that is very viscous. A rich amber-brown head that remains throughout the tasting. There is chocolate quality like you could just pour this all over ice cream. There is good lacing though and through. The smell is strong with a malty backing. Great tones of rich roasted malt and chocolate tones. Very malty with a tad sweet smell. Very limited fruit or plum notes but are there if you really look for them. A little bit of phenols but nothing that would indicate the ABV. The taste is mostly malt. A deep dark chocolate with a bittersweet taste. Very rich in the flavor, very much like a high end deep chocolate bar. Stronger coffee flavors are also present. More of coffee beans then coffee taste. There is a sweetness that brings out a sort of milk stout quality. One thing that you don’t taste is the plums or raison quality. This is mostly rich malt and lactose. The flavor is very smooth with some limited bit and phenol tastes at the end. The body is medium to full. The carbonation is light as per expected but overall a good tasty brew. I think I would have liked to see more complexity and fruity or plum/raison tastes but still an exceptional beer. A definite recommendation.

Pours dark blackish brown with a thick brown head. Aroma consists of the roasted malts, and sweetness. On first taste, the hops and roast mix to give you a great experience on the palate. Bitter and sweet, much like a fine Dark Chocolate bar. You can taste notes of coffee, licorice, chocolate and caramel. You can’t taste the 9.5% at all - it tastes like liquid chocolate.

Bottle, pours with a big black glub..glub...glub into the glass announcing its full viscous intensity of an ale, some tan chocolatey bubbles spring up and swirling leaves an oily film on the glass with fine chocolate bubbles, lots of roasted, dark roasted malt and chocolate aromas, dark brown and burnt sugar sweetness, dark and burnt caramel fragrances, letting this warm up brought dark chocolate and brownie aromas, very nice! Alcohol appears pretty well hidden. Big chocolate and roasted malt flavors with nice dark caramel-molasses sweetness, a touch of coffee flavor, alcohol warmth is felt but not tasted, bitterness with dark and burnt malts that linger after the finish, has a good thick and full mouth feel with some chewiness and creamy substance on the palate, good balance of flavors for a Imperial Stout, very good!