Great Divide have released their Espresso Oak Aged Yeti and the effort is able to marry hops, bitterness and a velvety mouth feel into one of the deepest and darkest efforts that I have tasted this year. The beer pours with an extremely opaque dark brown coloration and a mocha/tan head. The lacing of the head creeps down as one continues to sip. Each pull from the Espresso Oak Aged Yeti provides imbibers with a slightly different set of flavors. The marriage of malt and hop elements at the back end of the beer refreshes individuals’ palettes, giving them a tabula rasa on which they can engage the beer anew.
As the spresso Oak Aged Yeti warms, some of the more bitter and hoppy elements take a back seat to the bolder malt and chocolate / espresso notes. The beer possesses a 9.5% ABV, but is able to obfuscate the alcohol flavor well. What results is a delightfully fun beer that goes down entirely too easy. The complex array of flavors that are present in the Espresso Oak Aged Yeti make it eminently drinkable; individuals will keep coming back to a beer that is deftly able to show different facets each time that someone cracks open a bottle.
Visit Great Divide’s website for more information about their year-round and seasonal efforts; keep an eye on NeuFutur’s review section for coverage of Great Divide’s other efforts.
Rating: 9.3/10
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John Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game and record reviews, conducted in-depth hardware field testing, and analyzed digital media monetization trends. His work prioritizes first-hand evaluation and long-term product testing.
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