Chocolate Strawberry Yeti
Great Divide Brewing Co.

L: Pours a thick oily black color with a small tan head and some fingers of tan lacing on the glass.

S: The aroma is a bit offputting, it is like Strawberry Nesquik mixed with a weird mineral note. The strawberry smells quite artificial. Aroma does lessen my excitement for the beer.

T: Starts off as strawberry milk, hints of chocolate, and a still kinda weird mineral note. Strawberry is not as offputting as the aroma but I still don't love it.

F: Smooth creamy body that is thick.

O: I usually don't mind strawberry in my beer but this one comes off as very artificial.

 

 

 

This killed everything in my system including joy, tastes like Acidic Yeti Shit. I feel like I'm about to projectile vomit a Yeti out of my poor mouth. I can't even taste the strawberry nor the chocolate notes, just acidic plastic. . .
No wonder it was in the 50% off shelf.

 

Canned 1/24/23

This is only my second of any Yeti variants from Great Divide, a series that has a tendency to sit on the shelf for a while and not demand much attention. It may sound like I’m talking shit, but I’m a sucker for fruited Stouts when done right so I figured it was worth a shot. Let’s crack it open and see what it has to offer

Pours a dark brown with 2 fingers of frothy light tan head that slowly fades to a cap and leaves decent lacing

The nose definitely hits the the chocolate covered strawberry vibe right on the head. I’m picking up on aromas of dehydrated strawberry, milk chocolate, dark bread, jammy raspberry, light roast coffee, vanilla, and light caramel

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the taste follows the nose pretty closely, but it’s still great. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting milk chocolate, juicy strawberry, dark bread, vanilla, light roast coffee, raisin, sweet caramel, and jammy raspberry. The swallow brings notes of dehydrated strawberry, dark chocolate, medium roast coffee, dark toast, vanilla, jammy raspberry, light caramel, and brown sugar

A medium body pairs with gentle carbonation, resulting in a slick beer. Finishes a tad sticky but drinks insanely easily

This one is all around solid. Pretty cool that they come in the stovepipe can, it really feels like a Stout you could pound if you wanted

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing opaque in the glass with a three finger khaki head with great retention and solid lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, strawberry, milk chocolate and vanilla. Flavor follows, with dark toasted malt, strawberry, milk chocolate, a touch of coffee and some vanilla. A slight fruit tartness in the finish. Medium bodied with moderate creaminess. Another well done yeti variant. I think I'm losing my taste for fruit in stouts, but this one is well handled and keeps the fruit acidity to a minimum. The strawberry and chocolate are the dominant flavors (as promised), but the solid base yeti chocolate malt and vanilla are there to support everything. Quite nice silky mouth feel and the ABV is well covered. Easy drinker. 19 oz can is too big for this big stout, but otherwise well done.

 

 

 

From Liquor Shed in Casper, canned January 24th 2023.

It pours black with a finger of tan foam, plenty of lacing.

It smells of chocolate, both milk and dark, roasted malt, strawberries. Nice.

The taste is a balance of sweet and bitter chocolate, roasted malt, strawberries, some lactose, with a very good finish.

Full bodied, so smooth, not that much evidence of the ample abv.

A treat to sip on. A very good Yeti variant.

Enjoyed on draft at the Horse Tavern in Sellersville, PA.

Served in the proper glassware and was a pitch black, opaque color. Light skim of a tan head. Sticky lacing on the side of the glass.

An amazing aroma of, without a doubt, chocolate covered strawberries.

An outstanding stout. Delicious flavors of deep, dark chocolate combined with roasted malts with a distant sweetness of strawberries. A wonderful combination of flavors. Slightly astringent aftertaste. The ABV is well hidden. A brew that gets better the longer it rests.

Very smooth and creamy. Low carbonation.

One of the best stouts I’ve enjoyed. Along the lines of KBS Chocolate Cherry. Simply a wonderful beer that is so easy drinking and enjoyable. So good that I ordered a second round. This is an A+ beer. It takes the base brew of Yeti and elevates it to another level. Highly recommended…Cheers!