Black Butte XXXVII
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series|
Score
7.81
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Hops: Nugget, Cascade, Tettnang
This special 37th anniversary release of Imperial Black Butte Porter draws inspiration from a tequila orange truffle, blending rich chocolate, citrusy orange peel, and a hint of spiciness - perfect for any fiesta!
Tequila barrel aged.
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Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, 2025 vintage. Rich chocolate cake aroma with notes of milk sugar, orange peel, roasted malt, vanilla, oak and tequila. Pours deep brown with a thin mocha brown head that has some retention and little lacing. Starts with chocolate cake, milk sugar, roasted malt and orange peel flavors as well as having a rich full body and silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes decadently smooth with vanilla, oak and tequila flavors. No hint of booze for a decadently smooth stout.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Black Butte XXXVII from Deschutes Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottled 6/10/25, drunk 11/23/25, as pictured.
Gettin a nice tequila nose with lots of bread and chocolate beside it. Really spicy, rich, malty, chocolatey. Wow, what doesn't this have?
No booze. Soft, rich, malty, comforting but with a good tequila spiciness and even a bit of smoke. Chocolate for days with bread and cacao lingering. They got the perfect amount of barrel here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours black with a lingering tan head. Smells of chocolate, oranges, roast malt. Taste is on the sweet side. Chocolate, roast malt, orange, a little tequila, and booze. Full bodied. Very tasty.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Black Butte XXXVII from Deschutes Brewery 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a large dark tan head. Aroma of tequila, citrus and chocolate. Med plus body. Flavor is tequila, chocolate, orange and more. Malt is hard to describe, but it's there. Not dry. Somewhat bitter. Very different porter IMHO. Dark fruit lurks in the background. Amazing complexity and flavor.
thorongil (8206) reviewed Black Butte XXXVII from Deschutes Brewery 7 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
(Tap) clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small brown head; intense aroma of marmalade, prunes; thick palate; balanced flavor with a long, medium bitter finish