3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle and served in another Duvel snifter: Nearly opaque minus the amber highlights around the edges, small but lasting frothy beige head and good lace. The aroma has notes of toffee, coffee, roast, char, grains of paradise, bakers chocolate, molasses, dirty cellars, and some tobacco. Some Belgian yeast earthiness but not enough to counteract the lack of hops for complexity. The taste is more of the same, sort of dull honestly. Simple sugars, molasses, caramel, chocolate, vanilla but without a hop bitterness to kick it into gear. At least the Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti had the peppery note to help it, this just lays there wanting to be abused. The Belgian yeast character needs to either be more dominate or not be here at all, right now it is sort of a stick in the mud. The mouth feel is more of the same, lame and oily. This brew lacks any definition and is an letdown to the Yeti lineup. Mikey is sad.
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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