Great Divide Pumpkin Spice Yeti

College football is officially back, so it's okay to start drinking pumpkin beer again.  I know the stuff actually dropped a few weeks earlier this year, but you gotta have standards.  Anyway, one pumpkin beer i had not enjoyed before is the Pumpkin Spice Yeti from Great Divide, the Fall-themed take on their classic imperial stout.  The 9.5% brew pours a thick, dark black with a light brown head and smells of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg along with notes of roasted coffee and some light hints of vanilla.  The flavor is an almost creamy mix of said spices and coffee with some caramel and some earthy pumpkin notes.  It's all very well balanced, with no taste overpowering anything else, so about as well rounded a pumpkin stout as you're likely to find.

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Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

Great Divide's Yeti Imperial Stout is great enough on its own, but barrel aged...man.  The 12.5% ABV delight pours a dark black with a tan head and smells of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, oak, tobacco, and a hint of vanilla.  Flavors of chocolate, toffee, oak, booze, and some dark fruit notes abound in a medium sticky mouthfeel that gets better and better as the beer warms.  It had been awhile since i last enjoyed a Yeti, but i'm back on that wagon now.

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Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

Although here in central Texas, our weather has been all over the map lately (25 degree low on Wednesday and a 72 degree high today), i'm giving myself over to my usual ilk of winter beers, that is to say, porters and stouts will be filling my belly for the upcoming months.  That being said, Colorado's Great Divide Brewing Co. has just thing soothe my craving for heavier libations, their delicious Yeti Imperial Stout.  The brew is dark, with a nice frothy head that dissipates quickly, but carries the aroma and flavor of cocoa or dark chocolate along with coffee and roasted malts.  The Yeti has a creamy taste with blends of the aforementioned chocolate and coffee, as well as some hints of toffee and caramel.  The sweetness combines well with the hops giving it a smooth and rich feel and taste.  And it's no slacker in the alcohol department either (9.5% ABV).  All in all, the beer is an excellent stout.  Kudos to the kids at Great Divide.

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