Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bomber, drank at room temperature. Many, many thanks to NachlamSie!! Pours like oil, black and viscous. The head is dark brown. Aroma has a good amount of pine, with alcohol, wood, vanilla, and cocoa. The initial flavour is of a mild molasses and a good amount of chocolate. As the brew passes there’s a burning sensation at the back of the throat. Ah, this is where the cayenne becomes very apparent. Chocolate makes its appearance more dominant as coffee comes in close behind. Hops add a little to the bitterness. The cayenne persists into the moderately dry finish. Pine becomes more apparent. Chocolate slowly begins to fade. This is a very, very good beer. But as NachlamSie had said, it falls a little short to the Espresso Oak Aged Yeti.

Bomber shared with Tronraner and BossHossBikes. Pours basically black with a massive and dense tan head. The aroma is basically like all the other Yetis, well maybe not as hoppy. It has a certain piney nip to it with some creamy vanilla, coffee, and oak. The mouthfeel is very round and full. Quite pleasing, actually. A few sips reveals the chocolate. It is very chocolatey, but not overpowering. Hints of coconut, milk chocolate, bitter coffee, and earth are all in the flavor. This is a fantastic beer but falls a little short of the ambrosia that is espresso oak aged yeti.

Tap @ PIB... This was an excellent brew to start the fest off. Poured deep, dark brown -- almost black -- with a light brown head. Roasted aroma of hazelnuts and cocoa. Smooth and creamy. Nice lactic character with dark malts, chocolate, and a vanilla-like quality most likely from the oak aging.

@dmacs UFC100 Gathering–22oz bomber –pours a rich brown head and black color. Aroma is oak, dark malt, alcohol, some dark fruit. Taste is oak, dark malt, alcohol, some dark fruit, very earthy hops bite, chocolate in finish.

Bottle pours black with tan head. Aroma is vanilla and chocolate. Viscous mouthfeel. Flavor is more vanilla, chocolate, and slight roast coffee. The more I drink it, the more it starts to burn the back of my throat. Its the kind of burn I get when eating hot wings or thai food. Its peppery. Overall this is a wonderful brew. A real classic.

22 oz bomber shared at the UFC 100 gathering. Poured a deep dark solid black body with thick foamy beige head. Aroma of sour milk, chocolate...on the weak side actually, an overall sweetness. Flavor was actually peppery with notes of tobasco and tobacco. Light to average carbonation with a slightly creamy body. Overall this one was more of a let down as I expected a lot more from this, especially in the flavor area.

UPDATED: AUG 31, 2009 bomber. Pours black with a tan head. Nose is of oak and chocolate. Taste is of oak and lots of chocolate with some pepper. Cayenne pepper? That is different. Mouthfeel is medium-thin with a bitter finish and alcohol noticeable. Not as good as the other Yetis.

bottle, thanks to thirdeye11, black color with slight foam, aroma of coffee and woody, flavor has lots of roast coffee, vanilla extract but also too much pepper

22 oz bomber. Pours a dark cola with a thick and creamy brown head. Aroma of oak wood, chocolate and light vanilla. Taste of oak wood bathed in chocolate and vanilla. Hints of cocoa detected. Very nice but not as good as the regular oak aged yeti.

22oz bottle. Very dark brown with chocolate ice cream brown head. Bitter chocolate and sweet roast aroma. Taste is a big dose of moderately sweet chocolate, a little licorice, oak and piney hops. Definite tinge of cayenne in the back of the tongue. Moderate bitterness. Drinks very smooth for the 9.5%. It’s been a while since I’ve had the regular Oak Aged Yeti, but I remember that having much more oak presence. Very nice.