Great Divide Chocolate Raspberry Yeti Imperial Stout
Great Divide Chocolate Raspberry Yeti Imperial Stout takes the brewery's legendary Yeti imperial stout and turns it into dessert — 9.5% ABV in a 19.2oz stovepipe can, brewed with raspberry, chocolate, vanilla, and lactose. Where the base Yeti is an onslaught of roast and hops, this variant skips the roastiness in favor of authentic raspberry-candy flavor, milk-chocolate richness, and a pillowy mouthfeel. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 9.5%
- Size: 19.2oz can
- Style: imperial pastry stout
- Adjuncts: raspberry, chocolate, vanilla, lactose
- Brewery: Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver, Colorado
Yeti Goes to the Candy Shop
Yeti is one of the defining American imperial stouts — GABF medalist, BeerAdvocate Top 100 veteran — and the brewery's February variants are its playful alter ego. Chocolate Raspberry Yeti trades the base beer's 75 IBUs of hop bite and roasty aggression for something sweeter: real raspberry fruit, milk chocolate, and lactose smoothing it all into a wintertime warmer built for sharing.
Tasting Notes
Opaque black with a dense tan head. Raspberry candy and milk chocolate dominate — authentic berry fruit rather than syrup — over vanilla cream and a soft, pillowy body. The roast steps back, the sweetness steps forward, and the 9.5% ABV warms gently underneath.
How to Enjoy
Serve at 50–55°F in a snifter; cellar-cold mutes the chocolate. Pair it with actual chocolate desserts, or pour it next to the classic Yeti to taste the same beast in two moods. Find more boundary-pushing Great Divide seasonals alongside it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ABV of Chocolate Raspberry Yeti? 9.5% ABV, in a 19.2oz can.
What does Chocolate Raspberry Yeti taste like? Raspberry candy, milk chocolate, and vanilla over an imperial stout base, with a pillowy lactose mouthfeel.
Is Yeti an imperial stout? Yes — the base Yeti is a 9.5% American imperial stout; this is its chocolate-raspberry pastry variant.
Sweet, dark, and dangerously drinkable — add Chocolate Raspberry Yeti to your Del Mesa Liquor order.