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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The aroma doesnt tell much about being oak aged, it smells storng of alcohol and grassy hops. I had to let this warm up a bit beacuse it was a bit to harsh, just too hoppy to notice any aging. When its nice and warmed it has a very nice palate, rather hoppy in the taste, but subdued. Reminds me of Burton Baton, hoppy in the taste, but soft on the tongue. The aftertaste is a thick malty one that is quite good. I don’t get much of the vanilla flavor as I’d expect, but it is a fine variation on an already quality beer.

On tap@Papago. Pours a deep dark color. Has a coffee and slight vanilla aroma, very coffee-like. Wood tones are very present in the flavor. Gives a smooth then somewhat tangy sweet character. Malt base is just right. Hop profile gives it a bitterness thats soft and dry. A nice beer.

Got excited cause it said oak aged.....Pours out a deep black with slight lacing brown head. The aroma tells of coffee and oak. The taste is amazingly complex with a nice coffee taste well balanced with hops and a slight oak flavor on the finish. One huge beer

Very coffee like with notes of chocolate and little bitterness. Oak notes come through, but overall very drinkable. Coats your mouth and flavor lingers long after you are finished drinking. Impressive!

Shockingly, surprisingly good - or is that just my foul-mood-need-a-kick-ass-beer persona talking? Big roasted bitter coffee flavors and screaming pine hops underneath a NOT subtle wood presence. The hoppiness of Stone 6th Anniv. and the massive coffee (better than any coffee I’ve had?) eclipsing Bell’s, Lakefront, who else? A pumped up Bear Repub. Black perhaps? Man the wood is absolutley tangible here in the flavor profile. Blows my little mind. Pine resin, earth and coffee grounds in the aroma, with a dab of milky chocolate. I did not expect this. THe head is wonderful, chocolately brown and clingy, the palate not too thick but definitely meaty. Wow.

This is a really nice stout from GD. Beautiful color and a great head. Nice nose and full, roasty, chocolatey flavors.

Serious head...hangs around like some kind of soay shaken froth. Great malty flaor well balanced with what I guess is Oak chips...but unique to my palate.

GABF 2004. I felt slightly manhandled after a glass of this stuff. I had a fat lip. My head spun. Damn, shiz was intense. The smell was relatively weak (which is saying it was strong by normal standards), it was crisp and belied fresh hops. Deepest black in the snifter with a light brown head. The first taste note I wrote down was, "Wow." The roast assaulted my whole mouth; the beer was more than just chewy, it was like the equivalent of beer taffy. The texture was buttery, but the finish was nicely delicate, silky and dry. The strong alcohol warmed all the way through, and could be felt in the chest like a tequila shot. Perhaps not the most subtle of beers, but the blend of strong with what subtlety it had makes it one of my favorites of all time.

Solid black in color with a sustained, craggy tan head. Enticing aroma’s of hops, coffee, vanilla, alcohol, earth. Huge body with a relatively dry finish. Big hop flavor rounded out with roast and caramel. I get a bit of root beer flavor. A bit chalky, but not in a bad way. The oak is not very apparent. Maybe some tannins. The alcohol is well hidden.

not opaque, but definitely black with a little crimson when held to the light. head is light to medium brown and somewhat lasting. the first thing that hits my nose is the powerful hoppiness. mild cocoa and coffee notes. flavor is quite bitter, alcohol is mildly pronounced, lots of roastiness in the flavor again wild cocoa, big burst of roastiness in the finish. i’d like to say that after 1100+ beers, that i could tell this one is oak-aged. frankly, i can not. however, it’s still a great beer.