Yeti Imperial Stout - Great Divide Brewing Company

Tupperwolf

Washington

4.88/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Pours out an intense black into my stout-dedicated Rogue pint glass - Damn, that's black! The stream of beer going into the glass is amazingly opaque and dark, coffee-bean brown. The head that forms is the color of a Hershey's bar - one of the darkest I've seen. It forms dripping, sticky walls of fuzzy lacing. Better than the oak aged by far.

At first, I get almost no scent other than hops from the glass, but it takes only a couple of minutes of warming before I begin to note bitter baker's chocolate and fluffy alcohol. Dark bitterness meets slight sugary molasses and rounding hops. Certainly different from its oak aged brother.

And the taste is certainly different! The oak aged version is smooth and vanilla-flavored, astringent and grainy. This is deep, rich, decadent, luxurious! Bitter, luscious, growling chocolate and hops, a very itty bitty bit of smoke - Some alcohol in the middle, but not astringent whatever, a soft, decadent rummy flavor, with a noticeable hop flavor - they do hops well, and the hop profile is tasty.

So... thick...

So very thick...

It's as though someone put several bottles of chocolate syrup into a blender and whipped them until they were frothy and aerated. This feels incredible on the tongue, thick and rich and decadent, but fluffy at the same time - Chewy to the max...

Imperial Stouts are my favorite style. I can't drink them every day, because they're simply so intense. Drinking a full glass of something like this beer takes effort and determination. It's so heavy, so decadent, it's like that fudge cake your aunt Julie makes that you have to eat, but feel so guilty for eating. Drinking this makes you feel guilty, it's so good.

Very close to fives across the board.

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2006 04:00:03 | More by Tupperwolf

Zachtheporter

Wisconsin

4.4/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Really great RIS. Lots of great stuff going on here. There's plenty of chocolate, toffee and sweet milk notes, as well as notes of port wine and leather. Great mouthfeel, nice and smooth while still having a small bite at the end (for an RIS). I actually almost prefer this more than the Espresso Oak aged version which I tried side by side with this for the first time. This really is an awesome beer, but not my favorite of the style. It's really good, but it didn't WOW me (I was expecting it to be good anyway.) Due to the fact that it's impossible to get in my area I probably wont be going out of my way to seek this out again seeing as though there are just so many other things I want to try out there. All in all good beer though.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 16:11:34 | More by Zachtheporter

ShawnMH

Indiana

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-19-2013 15:41:44 | More by ShawnMH

ystazi

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-19-2013 04:14:15 | More by ystazi

Burkbom23

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-18-2013 02:50:01 | More by Burkbom23

carlosega

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-17-2013 17:24:17 | More by carlosega

Blashawright

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -17.5%

05-16-2013 22:38:25 | More by Blashawright

eulerthegrape

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-16-2013 17:11:33 | More by eulerthegrape

cmdmzmjm

Illinois

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-16-2013 02:26:26 | More by cmdmzmjm

inanity

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-15-2013 23:48:14 | More by inanity

gfap61

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-15-2013 20:45:24 | More by gfap61

touchmeimsac

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-15-2013 17:31:14 | More by touchmeimsac

Ethan-UF

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-14-2013 18:51:32 | More by Ethan-UF

DrewskiWhit

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-14-2013 01:52:40 | More by DrewskiWhit

TheRuss9585

Vermont

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-14-2013 00:38:31 | More by TheRuss9585

sajaffe1

Alabama

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-13-2013 19:28:13 | More by sajaffe1

Absolut

California

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-13-2013 17:58:58 | More by Absolut

MystikCelt

New York

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-13-2013 05:19:46 | More by MystikCelt

Dave_Treat

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -17.5%

05-13-2013 03:14:23 | More by Dave_Treat

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-12-2013 17:32:19 | More by mikeburd1128

ipas-for-life

Virginia

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-12-2013 16:01:06 | More by ipas-for-life

Neorebel

New Jersey

4.51/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Yeti has a magnificent obsidian color with a voluminous mocha colored head. Tons of lacing left on the glass. The aroma draws comparisons to bakers chocolate, new leather, port wine, and creamy milk. To my delight, the flavor is very chocolatey, along with some earthy wood and tobacco notes. Surprisingly a fair amount of hops are included in the mixture. The finish is tart and bitter. I appreciate the heavy, velvety mouthfeel, and the warming sensation of the high ABV. Definitely a must try when in the mood for a bold RIS.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 15:49:30 | More by Neorebel

dctriman

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-12-2013 02:20:53 | More by dctriman

trxxpaxxs

New York

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A: Pours a deep pitch black with a dark khaki colored head. The foam is thin, and fades fairly quickly, leaving a nice bubbly film across the top of the beer.

S: The nose is caramel, milk chocolate, roast, slight raisin, and a touch of alcohol. This beer smells great.

T: It starts out sweet and smooth with malt, chocolate, and caramel. The roast and raisins come on in the middle of the beer, and in the finish I get a touch of slight bittering hops and some alcohol kick.

M: Full bodied beer. It's sweet and coating to start, slides off the palate well, and doesn't leaving much of a lingering impression. This is an insanely drinkable Russian Imperial Stout, if there is such a thing.

O: Great beer. It holds it's own against some of the other beers of the style. Like I mentioned earlier, this is an incredibly drinkable stout. I will return to this beer often in the future.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 13:28:14 | More by trxxpaxxs

barrelofbastard

California

4.75/5  rDev +12%

05-10-2013 20:27:13 | More by barrelofbastard