Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

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

Yeti Imperial Stout is excellent. It is an interesting mix of roasted malts, chocolate, and caramel. It pours black with a tan head

Opaque, lasting dark brown head. Very complex nose of roasted malts, chocolate, liquorice, and even some lactic and fruity notes. Malty and bitter flavour, again lots of complexity. Thick mouthfeel and lasting bitter finish. Just a tad to bitter in finish for me, but apart from that really nice. I think i like this one just as much as the oaked aged version, but i’ll have to try that one again to be sure. Great brew from a great brewery.

12oz bottle, sample #23 in a blind imperial stout tasting. Pours a very dark, oily brown color; medium tan head with fine-bubbled lacing. Inky, dried dark fruits and bitter chocolate in the aroma; red fruits. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: plenty of dried dark fruits, caramel, and inkiness; some toasted malts. Medium finish: roasted malts and dried fruits. Straightforward imperial stout. 8.4.7.4.14=3.7

12oz bottle. Pours a very dark, almost pitch-black color; dark brown, textured head with excellent retention and lacing crawling up the sides of the glass; a beautiful pour. Very nice resiny pine and citrus bitterness in the aroma (a huge step above Stoudt’s Fat Dog already); roasted / charred malts, bittersweet chocolate, and licorice; a generous pine-laden aroma with no show of alcohol; inky with oily hops. Full mouthfeel: roasted and charred malts, toffee, caramel, and plenty of chocolate; the hop bitterness in the mouthfeel is far less resinous and present than in the aroma; mostly a dense chocolately malt core with some mineral bitterness; tasty, satisfying, with a light show of resinous pine at mid-palate; a solid imperial stout with an excellent nose. Lengthy finish, showing oily nuttiness, roasted malts, and some bitter chocolate; dry and well-roasted end. 9.5.7.4.14=3.9

Blacker than black colour, tan head. Viscous like oil. Aroma is of roasted malts, bitter coffee and chocolate. Flavour has in addition a lot of pine hops. No subtilities here, which makes it a great imperial stout.

Pours black with nice tan that slowly dissipates to thick film and picture perfect lacing. Nice roasted malt aroma with hints of coffee. Chocolate, coffee and malts up front and a roasty almost smokey finish

Pours as dark as motor oil with a sticky beige head. Aroma is deep and complex roasted malt with coffee, chocolate, BIG licorice notes, a bit of alcohol. The flavour reflects the aroma, with toffee, coffee and chocolate showing up on the palate first which then give way to BIG licorice flavour, and finishing with a touch of hoppy bitterness, and alcohol. The palate is pretty much spot on, with a chewy, syrupy mouthfeel, suits the flavours well, the oak aged version is better, but this is pretty damn f’n good. If you like this beer, you should check out Wellington Imperial Russian Stout if you can, it’s not quite as good, but its close, and it’s affordable.

This beer pours dark, thick, and has a thick, frothy head to match the beer. It smells of roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee. I had tried the oak aged yeti imperial stout and was excited to try this version. While the flavor of this beer isn’t quite as strong it is probably more clean and maybe even more enjoyable. It tastes of coffee and chocolate that is a bit sweet, but finishes with a bit of a bitter taste. For a high alcohol beer it has almost no noticeable alcohol taste. The beer feels pretty thick and creamy in the mouth, but it doesn’t leave any residue like some thick beers. Overall, this is one of the best imperial stouts I have had.

12 ounce bottle. I have had Great Divides Oak Aged Imperial Stout so I was very excited to try this brew. Pours a completely opaque black with a small brown head. The pour reminded me of the consistancy of motor oil. The aroma was very complex with hints of coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, and hops. The taste followed the same pattern as the aromas with a lot of the complex flavors coming out as the beer warmed. It did finish a bit bitter but was a very enjoyable experience. I would seek this one out again!