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Yeti Imperial Stout
Traditionally, Imperial Stouts, the biggest and boldest of
all stouts, were brewed with massive amounts of roasted malts
and hops, resulting in a velvety smooth but robust beer characterized
by high alcohol content and extremely high hop bitterness.
Meeting the challenge of this aggressive, challenging beer
style, Great Divide’s Yeti Imperial Stout is an onslaught
of the senses. An almost viscous, inky-black brew, Yeti opens
with a massive, roasty, chocolate, coffee malt flavor that
eventually gives way to rich toffee and burnt caramel notes.
Packed with an enormous quantity of American hops, Yeti’s
hop profile reveals a slightly citrusy, piney, and wonderfully
dry hoppy finish.
A hefty 75 International Bittering Units (IBUs).
Alcohol by volume: 9.5% |
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Accolades and buzz on Yeti Imperial Stout:
- Silver Medal, Great American Beer Festival,
2005 – Imperial
Stout
- Bronze Medal,
Great International Beer Competition, 2005 – Strong
Beer
- Regional Champion, United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2007 -- Imperial Stout
- Grand Champion, United States
Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2005 – Imperial
Stout
- Honorable Mention: United States Beer Tasting Championship, Winter 2006 – Imperial Stout
- Honorable Mention, United States Beer
Tasting Championship, Winter 2004 – Imperial Stout
- Ranked 59th of the Top 100 Beers in
the World and 4th of the Top 10 Beers in Colorado by Ratebeer.com – RateBeer
Best, Summer 2005
- Rated a “99” by Ratebeer.com – Winter
2004
- Ratebeer.com “Top 100 Beers in the World” 2004 – 60th
Best Beer in the World
- Rated a “90” by BeerAdvocate.com – Winter 2004
- 2003 Alpha King Challenge – an annual competition
to crown the best three hoppy beers in America – Second Place
- Rick Matsumoto of the Rocky Mountain Brewing News called
Yeti “Big – big like a Hummer coming to rescue you
in your over-ambitious Explorer!”
- Ratebeer.com reviewer Bov, of Bienne,
Switzerland, remarks, “Nice
lacing, deep aroma of black chocolate, cookies, prune and alcohol,
roasted, sweet, very oily and full-bodied, the finish is very long
and very bitter with a warming alcohol touch and notes of hazelnut
and grapefruit – highly complex and dangerously drinkable;
I love it!” (12/05/04)
- Taster ArgoO of Washington, D.C. describes Yeti Imperial Stout
on Ratebeer.com: “Aroma is sweet, big malty,
coffee, citrus hops, some vinous, some alcohol. Taste is
medium sweet, coffee, grapefruit... Finishes with a medium
alcohol warming/burn. Big body. No question they put
s$#@-loads of malt and hops in this one – a beautiful beer.” (03/27/04)
Suggested food pairings:
- Our friends Kate and David at Denver’s finest artesian
cheese and exotic food shop, The Truffle, pair Yeti Imperial
Stout with Roquefort, a French sheep’s milk blue cheese
- Grilled pork tenderloin
- Filet mignon with blue cheese sauce
- Cheesecake
Availability:
Four-packs, 22 ounce bombers and draft, year-round
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