Yeti - Chai
(has 1 batch)

22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 9/27/2017. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky dark tan head with insane retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts the whole glass. Thick soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Insane appearance. Aromas of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla, toffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon, peppercorn, ginger, clove, biscuit, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of smoke, charcoal, raisin, licorice, cherry, date, herbal, wood, and roast/toasted earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, spices, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla, toffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon, peppercorn, ginger, clove, biscuit, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of smoke, charcoal, raisin, licorice, cherry, date, herbal, wood, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light roast/char and herbal hop/spice bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla, toffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon, peppercorn, ginger, clove, biscuit, toasted dark bread, light smoke/char, dark fruits, herbal, wood, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, spices, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with an amazing hop/roast bitter/sweet and spice balance; with zero acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/char bitterness and spice. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, and rich mouthfeel that is insane. Light hop/spice stickiness and chalky roast. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.5%. Overall this is a mind blowing spiced imperial stout! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, spices, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Just as impressive as a well aged standard Yeti. Usually the hops are strong when fresh, but not here. The spice balance is perfectly complementing to the base RIS profile, and never overwhelming. Really blew me away, one of the best non-barreled imperial stouts I've ever had.