Bottoms Up

Oak-Aged YetiOh my. I never rush to post something, but this is irresistible. If you live in the Denver, CO. area, run, don’t walk tomorrow to Great Divide Thursday afternoon.

They’re tapping a cask of Oak Aged Espresso Imperial Stout Thursda (Jan. 17, 2008) at the Great Divide Tap room, which is in the corner of the brewery at 2201 Arapahoe St.in downtown Denver.

This is from the Great Divide e-mail:

“The brewers have taken our award winning Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout, added a liberal amount of freshly brewed espresso and matured it in a cask through secondary fermentation. We only have one cask, so drink up while it lasts!”

I not only tried Oak Aged Yeti when I was in Denver last October during the Great American Beer Festival, I bought a large bottle to bring home. It was a great beer: aged in bourbon, huge, chewy, delicious.

One tiny problem: My luggage was carry-on; when I got to security, they noticed the bottle on their x-ray and confiscated it _ with large grins. The security guys said they get a lot of good beer that way.

Damn. Anyway, for what it’s worth, oak-aged Yeti, plus expresso, wild! Don’t suppose the espresso was Peet’s, but what the hell.