Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

22 oz. bottle, split with my roommate. Consumed on 7-3-08. Purchased a few months ago, cellared since then. Rich, hoppy aroma features roasted coffee, bitter chocolate, milk chocolate, Belgian-esque candy sugar, cream, and citrus (the latter from the hops) scents. Pours a dark chocolate brown with a large amount of light brown to grayish tan head. The head looks like the inside of a malted milk ball. As my roommate said, the beer appears like a more solidified version of a root beer float. Moderate to large amount of long-lasting lacing. The complex taste is sweet and dryly bitter simultaneously. I also can really taste the oak. Fruit flavors: raisin, black cherry, plum. Also roasted coffee, milk chocolate, and vanilla (the latter from the oak). Lemon and grapefruit from the hops. The beer has a good, dry hoppiness overall, making it my kind of imperial stout (I’m an IPA man at heart). Perhaps excessively sweet. Alcohol noticeable but not overpowering. Long, dry finish and aftertaste. There is also a dull, pruny component to the aftertaste that tastes better than that description makes it sound. Full body. Smooth and somewhat oily in the palate. A touch of sharpness and alcohol burn. My roommate is a Miller Lite kind of guy, and he was blown away by this beer, calling it the best beer he’s ever had. I wouldn’t go that far myself, but it is darn good! I hope this beer will help convert my roommate to craft brews.

Pours a thick, oily black with a moderate tan head with decent retention and lacing. Complex aroma with notes of chocolate, dark cherries and hops. Flavor is also interesting with coffee and chocolate malts. The oak flavor is much more subtle than I would have expected but noticeable. Full mouthfeel with a dry finish. A great example.

75cl bottle courtesy of markwise. Aged one year. Pours a very dark brown to black with a thick and foamy tan head that lingers and provides lacing. Aroma is coffee, oak, chocolate, toffee, vanilla. Flavor is much the same with coffee, chocolate, vanilla, maple syrup, and strong oak notes. Slight coffee bitterness on the lingering finish.

Bottle. Nice thick black pour with a medium brown head that seems like it will be here for a while. Intense roasty coffee aroma with some chocolate notes and some very noticeable hops. Wonderful bitterness that coats the mouth leaving the taste buds excited for a long time. I’ll definitely buy this in the future.

wonderfully black with a syrup like consistency. sweet up front with espresso and chocolate notes leading into a nice bitter finish. a full and flavorful brew

black pour with tan head. Woody, chocolate aroma with some sweet, grassy hops. Intense flavor, hops up front, subtle chocolate and a touch or bourbon. very rich and smooth, although the alcohol is still present. very robust, woody aftertones, sticks int he back of the mouth. Surpassed everything I was expecting.

Pours pitch black with nice brown head which dissipates to the rim. Nose of vanilla, oak, bourbon, and roasted chocolate malt. Flavor is sweet roasted dark chocolate malt, oaked bourbon definitely there also, touch of hops in the finish...TASTY! Not as heavy mouthfeel as I would have thought by looking at it. Definitely one of the best bourbon stouts out there...rivals Goose Island Bourbon County.

bottle. Pours a dark, thick, heavy black. BLACK. finger-size dark brown head rears up and clears quick. Must be camera-shy. Layer of lacing sticks around though- like tracks in the woods. Smells are heavy on the woody, oak end, with some cocoa, bourbon, and generally boozy smells. Flavor is big, full, and thick. Lots of oak and vanilla, some boozy chocolate, burnt toast, and some floral hops finish things out. Not as thick on the palate as one would expect, but well balanced. Improves greatly as it warms. Great brew.