The Abyss - Scotch
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.09
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Complex earthy, smoky, and oak notes play against a refined, yet boozy, mix of sweet and bitterness. This remarkably limited version was 100% barrel aged for 12 months in scotch whiskey casks.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap at Deschutes Brewery, Bend. Aroma is earthy and smokey with dark malt, tobacco, coffee, roast, touch of peat, scotch barrel, dark chocolate, dessert notes, a hint of prunes. Flavour is sweet and medium bitter. A bit boozy, but not terribly so. Body is full. Rich and very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4/III/23 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ BBGG Winter 2023 ed. (Tim’s place), BB: n/a, 2016 vintage, bottled: XII/9/16 (2023-195) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small irregular beige head, a little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: good roast, alcohol, more roast, coffee, dark chocolate, a bit dusty, sweet. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet touch, good roast, alcohol, sugary, chocolate, bitter, coffee, some caramel. Aftertaste: more roast, alcohol, coffee, ok!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small irregular beige head, a little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: good roast, alcohol, more roast, coffee, dark chocolate, a bit dusty, sweet. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet touch, good roast, alcohol, sugary, chocolate, bitter, coffee, some caramel. Aftertaste: more roast, alcohol, coffee, ok!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2023
at 16:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
2016 "Remarkable limited release" according to the label. Bottle split at Gent Tasting. Opaque black color, small to average sized light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, liquor, light ash. Flavor is malts, roasted malts, liquor, raisins, bitter, quite some bitterness. Roasted malt bitterness. Hard on the liquor imo. But pleasant, notheless.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2023
at 15:55
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2023
at 11:29
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 650 ml, courtesy of Mandar. Shared with him and others. 2016 vintage. Black with tan head. Chocolate, roasted, lots of scotch, some smoke, sweetish and bitter. Medium to full bodied. Nice old school imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2022
at 06:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2016 bottle. Brown-black pour with a medium thin light beige head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Sparse patches of lace. Aroma of scotch, malt, anise and chocolate. Full-bodied with flavors of smokey scotch, caramel malt, ripe fruit and fudge. The finish is peaty scotch and chocolate malt. Good beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2020
at 19:38
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
2016 vintage bottle, picked up in Wyoming during the ‘17 trip. Oily, virtually black pour with a thin, beige head. Aroma full of scotch, licorice and molasses. A hint of cherry. Taste is bittersweet with a very mild sourness at the backend. Big heavy body, moderate to mild carbonation. Not quite as good as the brandy barrel variant but still very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2020
at 18:11
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. 2016 vintage. Pours dark brown with a minimal tan head. Dark chocolate, fudge, roasted malt, touch of molasses, bit of smoke, hint of scotch. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2019
at 04:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated brown 2016 bomber poured into a glass. Black with big light brown head. Aroma is chocolate, medium body, medium carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is dark chocolate, roasted malt, and dry finish.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2019
at 00:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 oz waxed bottle, 2016 vintage, poured to a brandy snifter. We finally got around to opening this one, after almoat a couple years of almost opening it. Cheers! Jet black pour, thick appearance. Not as much scotch as far as peat goes, as I expected, but the flavor is there. Extremely smooth imperial stout, more smooth than ther regular Abyss, I'd say. An excellent variant. A memorable brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2018
at 02:01