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I poured this one from a brown bomber bottle into a straight-sided Imperial pint glass.

A= At cellar temp this ale poured jet black with mahogany highlights and a 1.5" dark tan head. The head settled to a skim, but left huge sheets of sticky lace down my glass. Good color and amazing lace.

S= Lots of dark roastiness going on in the nose, with wood, coffee, chocolate, and woody/earthy hops all making an appearance.

T= Started off with a short but balanced battle of sweet malts, chocolate, and roasty darker grains before the espresso kicked in to tip things into the land of roasty bitterness. The oak added a woody dryness that was pleasant and well placed to emphasize the other flavors. The hops came in about halfway and were quite bitter but not out of hand when placed against the other ingredients. Bitterness was firm and hop flavor was earthy and woody (I'd be surprised if there were no English hops in this beer). Finished very dry and roasty with a lingering sense of the wood barrel on my tongue.

MF= Full bodied with a moderate carbonation level that was there but sort of overwhelmed by the heft of this beer. Smooth mouthfeel.

D= Very easy to drink despite the ABV. It took me awhile to grab one of these (maybe I was annoyed by the hype?) but I am glad I finally tried this. I will be buying more for sure, and I think this would be a great candidate for aging.

Served In: Bottle

Old Review
22 oz bomber I picked up over a year ago and has been sitting in the cellar forgotten. Well I tracked it down, cooled it of a bit and served it up in a snifter. Lets give it a go.

A: Pours a seemingly thick, viscous pour that is a deep black. Held to light, it lets zero light through. A pretty vigorous pour put up a finger of dark brown head. The head diminishes quickly, down to a ring. Said ring leaves a nice coating on the glass in the form of a lacing sheet. Not bad looking at all.

S: Smell is first and foremost of some big time, boozy, oak aromas coming out. Then a nice wave of chocolate and vanilla comes out as well. There is a little bit of hops bite in the nose coming out too.

T: Taste is of some big time oaky goodness. The oak translates really well. Don't drink this too cold though. Took a sip overchilled and it as just a green oaky, boozy mess. As it warms, the flavors mellow. Heavily roasted malts have a bit of bitterness to them. The whiskey flavors are nice when they brush up against the chocolate and vanilla that is going on in here. Slight hops presence in the background. Pretty solid but something is a bit off putting.

M: Full bodied brew that has a pretty viscous feel to it. Pretty thick and chewy, and it sure as hell coats. The smell and flavor makes it seem there would be a lot of of alcohol burn, but there is not much going on. Carbonation is light, but enough.

D: This brew is not bad at all. I don't know if I enjoyed it more than the regular offering or not. I need to do a side by side. This beer is solid in all departments though. I enjoyed it but it left me a bit confused at times.

Serving type: bottle

Reviewed on: 01-17-2009 05:04:26

Served In: Pint Glass

Ive been sitting on this one for some time. About time I popped open the cork and sampled this one. Poured a black shade of black. A decent head from an ample pour. I would have expected a bigger head but nice to note the foam lasted throughout the whole sampling and ok lacing.

The smell was noticeable with good roasted and chocolate malt notes. Some vanilla quaffs are present but not much of the oaky aromas. Some lighter esters in the background as well.

The taste is excellent. The stout flavor comes out very nicely and isn’t overshadowed by the oaky taste. A good malt with more chocolate then roasted but not overly sweet. Very similar to Yeti, but there is a vanilla that caps off the beer towards the end. A very nice balance a just a noticeable twist to make it even more interesting. There are some very subtle fruit notes, mostly black cherries and a tad plums that could come out more. Overall this is has a great taste.

The body is big and carbonation is good. The esters are not overpowering which really helps with the beer and allows everything to mix well. Not much of a bourbon taste which is very nice. Compare and contrast between Yeti and OA Yeti and I would say OA wins.

Served In: Bottle

Pours a deep black with a bit of oiliness to it and a small deep tan head that quickly settles. A bit of foam remains around the edge of the glass and a small coating floating in the center. The walls have a bit of oily lace coating them in areas.

Sweet malt with notes of light chocolate and oak. Light coffee and a hint of toffee. Touch of wet cardboard comes through in the end. Maybe just a hint of smoke.

Smooth and oily on the tongue the malt imparts a deep dark chocolate flavor. Oak flavor seems to have come out more with time (then again the last time I may have had this one was back when I bought this bottle so it's been a while). Smooth coffee and a bit of light caramel and very light toffee mingle together well. Touch of smokiness in the aftertaste along with a nice chocolate sweetness.

Alcohol notes are gone from both aroma and flavor at this point and the oak and chocolate flavors have really come out nicely. Not sure it was really worth aging this one this long as I'm sure the same could be achieved by aging just a year or two but it held up well.

Served In: Snifter

Pours out dark as night, slightly viscous. Beautiful, dark brown pillowy head, with excellent retention. Impressive lacing.

Aroma is dark and sweet. Coffee and cocoa, vanilla and a hint of oak.

Taste is a nice and subtle. Coffee and dark chocolate- the oak comes thru very nicely. Very dark and roasty toasty... a "smooth" hop bitterness to round out the finish... which BTW, is excellent.

Medium to full in body, smooth, thick creamy mouthfeel. Outstanding carbonation to balance this puppy out. Slight dryness towards the finish, but subdued for an RIS.

One can definitely tell the oak aged goodness to this, as it clearly comes thru... nice and mellow. A fantastic sipper, nice and warming. Delicious! Next time, two bottles....
Highly Recommended!!!

Served In: Tulip

22oz Bomber
$5.99 *sale
Binny's Orland

Oak Aged Yeti gurgles from the bottle into a snifter. Black as night with absolutely zero light escaping it's grasp. A finger and a half of head slowly rose on the pour and eventually falls to a respectable crown leaving sheet lace on it's wy down. The head was mocha and creamy. Very good looking stout.

On top of the stndard Yeti aromas the oak chips leave Yeti with a great vanilla presence and a mild oakiness. The roasiness is still there in it's full form and the smell still presents the piney hoppiness on the backend although more subdued than the regular version. The oak makes this a different beast and I'm diggin' it.

The pine hoppiness is still very much there in the flavor. Roasted grains lead through the entirety but upfront there's great vanilla tones from the oak chips. Mid-palate a slight woodiness comes through right before the hoppiness kicks in and rides out the wave. Again, the oak makes this a different beer and adds a great complexity.

Thick, rich, and luscious body. Unique in the form of being thick viscous enough to coat the tongue but hoppy enough to give your tongue a quick sucker punch on it's way through.

Yeti is incredibly easy to drink considering the abv. I've been sipping on this glassful but it's sip after sip after sip. The silky quality really helps the drinkability.

I love the standard Yeti and now I love the oaked version. Although I've rated the oaked version higher both of them are fantastic and no doubt each have a place in the fridge for certain times. You want a nice hoppy exceptionally made stout drink Yeti. You want a sipper with a little more complexity drink the Oaked Yeti.

Reviewed: 11/24/07

Price: $5.99 Served In: Snifter

A dark planet stirs.
Big and black massed Earth creates mountainous jagged dirty brown snow peaks.
The snow melts into a small shallow pond after time aloft.
Tons of snowflakes and ash blow across the oily sky.

Charred hillside forests still greet the air with its scorched greenery bringing a fiery realm of blackened resinous heat.
The Valley below was indeed thick with vegetation.
Where once stood big branching oaks, tall climbing hop vines, supple vanilla bean pods, forever fields of barley grain and oat grain, and bountiful crops of cocoa plants, now sits a blackened scattered skeleton of leaves, twigs, branches, and trunks.
Whisky-like gases steam up from the black char of ash.
The air fills with a windy oakened oat sweet dust now as it wafts about enveloped within a heavy chocolate fog brought on by a period of cooling.

The air brings taste with it.
Charred barley and heavy set cocoa slip onto your tongue.
Breathe more inward and find hop vines still growing among the blackened vanilla pods.
Oily and resinous charred backwash builds on recourse as you exhale.
The gaseous whisky makes its way to the back of the throat.
Yet you do not choke.
It floats and coats much like the gassy ground from which it was purged.
It burns, but not more then the air itself.
Nothing of the mighty oaks has survived it seems.
Twisted, fallen, and smokened trunks at best.
The heavy chocolate fog amidst the atmosphere helps lift a cool transition inbetween breaths.

You can see.
You can feel.
Its no more a path as it is an opening.
Starting wide and almost slippery.
Narrowing as we go deeper into the Valleys' slope.
Quickly now.
The breathing feels somewhat harder now.
The burning takes over.
The char and some gases takes over.
Not unbearable, but smooth as to the gills a of fish underwater.
Again, the chocolate fog breezes across your face cooling the air.
Only left is the charred resin of the Valley below.

Percolating and brimming with new bourne life out of its own ashes.
The surface is torridly smooth from peak to peak.

Life flourishes within its own obliteration
Beautiful; if it were.

Served In: Goblet

*Uploading my old reviews, this one has a review date of: 9-5-07. If I can acquire the beer again I will re-review it*

Thanks to upsjeff for this extra, I’ve been waiting to try this one for a while now.

Pours dark with about an inch of mocha color foam. It looks syrupy and tasty. The aroma is big, room filling. I detect roasted and chocolate malts, toffee, vanilla, wood, cocoa, and a sweetness from the alcohol. The taste is great. There is some coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, and alcohol. A nice bitterness in the aftertaste as well. The mouthfeel is very thick and chewy, definitely feels like a meal. A good warming effect from the alcohol, not too much but enough to notice. Would be a good beer to sip on a cold day, too bad a day like that is far away and I’ve heard that this one is best fresh. Overall a very solid RIS.

Served In: Pint Glass

A- Very dark, as is to be expected. Mocha head that is fairly thin settles into the brew with a dark ring around the glass.

S- Vanilla bourbonish nose...molasses..light roastyness.

T- Has a taste like that cooking chocolate that's not sweet. Nice malt backbone...Light, really good bourbon finish.

M- Really good feel.

O- Very nice brew with a really nice balance of the oak aging.

Served In: Pint Glass

Poured into snifter, nice dark beer, pours dark with a chocolate milk colored 1/4" head. Nice lacing on glass as I drink this.

This is an older bottle I think, the smell is light oak and chocolates, very subtile though.

Good taste, bittle chocolate, light oak flavor, alcohol and a bitter chocolate finish.

Good carbonation, but a little light on the "feel" IMO for a imp stout.

Overall, I really enjoyed this brew on this cold winter night.

Price: $8.99 Served In: Pint Glass

A - Pours a dark brown, almost black opaque body. Big, thick cocoa colored head is made of varying sized bubbles. Great retention and super sticky lacing.

S - First thing you notice is the obvious oak aging with some wood, charred wood and alcohol. Some dark chocolate and tons of roasty toasty malts.

T - Velvety dark chocolate up front. Rich and complex. Slight charred oakiness that isn't so big that it overcomes the beer. Nice highlight to the beer rather than the focus. Cocoa comes in with some bittersweet baker's chocolate. Light expresso bean, freshly ground.

M - Thick, full bodied and chewy. Super smooth and creamy.

D - Great RIS that I just don't drink often enough. Good thing that I am sitting in a air conditioned room, cause this just wouldn't fit right on a hot summer day.

Served In: Pint Glass