Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle shared at my 30:th birthday tasting on May 5 (30 år av Surt). Courtesy of Gnoff. 2006 vintage. Pours oily pitch black with a creamy dark chocolate brown head that slowly dissipates while leaving some lacing ad trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with roasted malts, wood, dark chocolate, vanilla, liquorice fudge, sweetened coffee, alcohol and hints of orange zest and resin. Taste is sweet and bitter with roasted malts, coffee, bitter chocolate, pine, vanilla, smoke, alcohol, vanilla, bourbon and hints of wet soil and oxidation. Mouthfeel is intense, oily bitter, sticky sweet and full bodied. Finish is tiny dry, tiny sweet and bitter with coffee, cocoa, pine and orange peal.

Véritable lait frappé d’une onctuosité sublime, chocolaté, torréfié, velouté avec une buvabilité titanesque. Je n’ai pas pu prendre de notes, trop occupé à la déguster.

22oz bomber, bottled on OCT 05 2009 into CCB snifter. A - Pours black, mocha-colored head, frothy, thick cap, sticky lace, thin cap. S - Straight forward dark chocolate and oak, not surprising. Roast, light burnt sugars, and toasted malts. Although there’s no real surprise here, it’s really is spot-on and simply lives it to the bill. T - More oak then the nose suggests, dark chocolate, toffee, light caramel. I was expecting a bit more sweetness but really the oak is just huge in this beer now. Not sure if the age has anything to do with it or not. Alcohol is pretty smooth after some cellar time. Finish is straight forward bitter chocolate and wood. M - Full, rich and smooth, good carbonation, creamy rich finish. O - Perhaps a little too much oak on the palate for me, but overall, a very nice beer that really lives up to the higher ratings. Easily accessible off the shelf and the quality of this beer makes it way more attractive then most beers currently on the shelf. Good stuff.

Pours dark opaque with brownish frothy head aroma of sweet, chocolate, coffee predominate taste is rich and varied complexities maybe slightly syrupy to my taste; finishes clean though

Pours a black color with a brown head. Aroma of caramel, coffee and dry fruits. Tastes of chocolate, and strong roasted coffee bitterness. Alcohol is hidden will. Full bodied.

Nov 2011 bottle scored from the brewery. Pours a near pitch black with a big dark tan colored head that leaves creamy lacing. Aroma if of dark chocolate and coffee, roasty with undertones of oak and vanilla maybe some pine in the background...? Taste is strong sweetness with a strong bitter, alcohol is ever so slightly there and hard to notice. Creamy and oily on the palate very smooth for its big character. Great balance for such a big beer.

April 20, 2012 - Attack of the Yeti part 5. Mode: Bottle Source: AV3 Description: Pour was opaque black with nice full head and lacing. Aroma was chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, oak and some vanilla. Taste was coffee, roasted malt, strong oak and a mild bitter finish. Nice thick palate and relatively smooth. Bottled 10/31/11.

Mild but enticing vanilla aroma and a perfect chocolate black pour with a complex taste and satisfying mouthfeel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Excellent and didnt let me down on any level. I enjoy barrel aged RIS’s and this one satisfied! I’ll buy all i can get of this one.

On tap at Brower’s Big Wood. Pours a solid black with a tan head. Aroma of oak, roasted malts and light espresso. Flavour is oak heavy, roasted malts, lots of espresso with a lightly charred flavour. Full bodied, super roasted. So good!