All About Beer Magazine

Nothing like a good breakfast beer to start your day, right? So when a bottle of Great Divide‘s Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout showed up at the office, we to decided taste it. For breakfast. I mean we had to because it is our job right? The beer pours black and drinks smooth. Respectably well-balanced for an imperial stout at 9.5 ABV, the Yeti has little alcohol burn. It features a malty, vanilla sweetness with a roasted, espresso backbone (i.e. smoky bitterness) which mutes the oak agedness in the beer; don’t get me wrong, there is oak in the nose but it quickly fades in the mouthfeel. A debate ensued amongst the staff who were divided over whether this beer was best served with breakfast (cured meats) or dessert (buttery cheesecake). Discussions also came about how it might age. Yet there was little complaint about tasting this beer as part of some job requirement. Or should i say, Yeti… Seriously, we do love our jobs.