I love Yeti in all its incarnations, and will not (yet) be dissuaded from procuring it whenever possible. It ranks up there with Abyss, Darkness, BCS, Expedition, KBS/CBS, Berzerker and so on as one of my favorite versions of one of my favorite styles. But the Oak Aged Yeti, bottled on 9-11-12, was drain pour nasty, and I am not a drain pour kind of guy. It was not infected, but it exhumed excruciatingly harsh black-patent astringency and bitterness. We could taste nothing else. My brother and I could not finish a bomber of it. Not even close. Anyone else notice this? We had had a Belgian Yeti a few days before and it was glorious. Again, I suspect this to be an aberration, and won't hesitate to score more Yeti (with a different bottled on date) in the future. But curious if anyone else had noticed this.
Several years ago I encountered a couple of gushers. Give 'em a ring. They'll help you out. http://greatdivide.com/brewery/contact/
I've had 2 bottles with the same date, and finished both like a boss. Sorry, can't confirm your experience. Have 2 more bottled on 9/11/12 & 1 bottled on 9/18/12 in cellar.
Give them feedback directly. That's the best thing you can do as a consumer so they can look back and analyze in their process what might have happened and to prevent it in the future.
Thanks for the input. I have no interest in dissing on Great Divide or anything like that, just curious. I'm not pissed or anything, just curious. As a home brewer, I understand that replication is challenging, even for the pro's.
