3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap - Rackhouse Pub - looks like Yeti, alright - good so far - I should preface this by saying that I have never really liked any of the Belgian styles GD has done - I don’t like their house Belgian yeast strain - it always seems to impart a sort of "dirty," starchy, earthy character to a beer - thankfully, there really isn’t much Belgian character to this, but the only character that punches through the thick chocolate and roast of Yeti is that odd character I seem to taste in all of their Belgian beers - it really gets in the way of the qualities that make Yeti great in the first place - not completely unenjoyable, but it really just makes me want a glass of regular Yeti.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a dark black with a mocka colored head.
Aroma is super malty smelling with loads of chocolate malts and roasted malts. Raspberry?
Taste is thick on the palette with an abundance of sweet cloying malts. Seconds latter rich roasted malts and some bright hops come into play.
Overall good but nothing really stands
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very dark brown, minimal brownish head, a bit oily. Aroma: roasted, strong malts, coffee and chocolate. Taste: sweet, spices, some wheat and barley. Excellent beer.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Black pour, mocha head. Thick and oily. Strong chocolate and roasted notes, hints of yeast, coffee. Wonderful variation with a great balance between the Yeti source and the yeast.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Strong coffee like aroma. Very dark appearance with medium tan head. Very sweet taste with semi bitter finish. Pretty smooth for a big beer. Very nice Yeti variation as usual.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black beer. A nice big head that holds good, sticks nice to the glass. Good hippy, malts, chocolate, and a decent amount of spices. Something inside that makes it a bit less pleasant. Good biterness.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pitch black with medium head. Chocolate and malts aroma. Taste chocolate, malts, coffee and a warm bitter finish.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
A black beer with a big, dense and beautiful brown head. Aroma is interesting, typical roastiness, liquirice and chocolate, also some sweet fruityness. Taste is strongly liquirice, roastiness, coffee, chocolate, medium sweetness and fruits, surprisingly fresh taste, maybe belgian yeast gives that fresh fruityness. Full bodied, but not heavy, velvety smooth to drink. Very enjoyable and balanced beer, great flavours served with velvety package.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Color dark brown with large white head. Aroma malt, roasted, chocolate. Taste sweet, spicy, alcohol, chocolate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
(sample at Wine and Cheese Place) black with small tan head. Roast malt aroma. Flavor is roast malt, coffee, hints of Belgian yeast.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hmmm...don’t know what I expected here or what I think. Nose is a hot with some dark fruit (fig/prunes). Very dark roasted coffee on the finish..even more than the Espresso version. Bit thin mouthfeel for a Yeti. This just doesn’t come through for me, feels a bit disjointed (drank after 10 months of cellaring). Definitely my least favorite of the Yetis. Should drop it from the lineup and extend the availability of the others.
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