The Abyss
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.22
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This special Reserve Series brew will only be offered December – February (limited distribution)
The Abyss: Stout brewed with licorice and molasses with 33% aged in oak and oak bourbon barrels.
It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s mysterious. Aged in French Oak and Bourbon barrels, this special brew has immeasureable depth inviting you to explore and discover its rich, complex profile. The flavor of molasses and licorice draw you in further and further with each sip. The Abyss beckons. Enjoy the journey.
The Abyss: Stout brewed with licorice and molasses with 33% aged in oak and oak bourbon barrels.
It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s mysterious. Aged in French Oak and Bourbon barrels, this special brew has immeasureable depth inviting you to explore and discover its rich, complex profile. The flavor of molasses and licorice draw you in further and further with each sip. The Abyss beckons. Enjoy the journey.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
29.12.2018, 0,65l bottle (2008 vintage) @ home:
Big light brown slightly fizzy-creamy longlasting head, deep dark pour. Aroma is rich and slightly sweet boozy, dark sugar, salty licorice, raisins, dark malts, cough syrup, tar, oak, chocolate, grass, coffee, alcohol. Taste is mild and slightly sweet roasted, dark sugar, dark malts, salty licorice syrup, bark, licorice powder, oak, alcohol, cough syrup, fruit stones, minerals, cocoa, coffee, tar, raisins. Medium bitterness, slightly sweet sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Nice one.
Big light brown slightly fizzy-creamy longlasting head, deep dark pour. Aroma is rich and slightly sweet boozy, dark sugar, salty licorice, raisins, dark malts, cough syrup, tar, oak, chocolate, grass, coffee, alcohol. Taste is mild and slightly sweet roasted, dark sugar, dark malts, salty licorice syrup, bark, licorice powder, oak, alcohol, cough syrup, fruit stones, minerals, cocoa, coffee, tar, raisins. Medium bitterness, slightly sweet sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2018
at 21:16
8/10
Smooth, delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2018
at 20:02
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2018
at 20:31
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
2017 bottle. Pours a rich brown black from a bottle, caramel colored head. Rich aroma begins with black licorice, moves to some cola, tobacco and a bit of leather. Flavor adds in coca nibs. Not too sweet not too dry. Very good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2018
at 02:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 2016 bottle thanks Adrien pitch black dark cocoa head. Aroma is licorice roasted malt bourbon and piney hops. Taste is spruce tips licorice roasted malt chocolate and a nice lingering piney bourbon finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2018
at 21:48
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2018
at 17:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
650 ml bottle, vintage 2010. Shared by Sander, many thanks!
Black body, with a beautiful, dense, creamy, coffee-colored head.
Aroma of soy sauce, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, liquorice, some coffee, some dark fruits, slight wood.
Tastes pretty similar.
Medium, oily mouthfeel, with a low carbonation.
Finishes roasty, a bit dry, with soy sauce, cocoa powder, dark chocolate, some tobacco, some liquorice.
Very tasty! Tastes more like a RIS than a barrel aged Stout, the barrel is very subtle and just adds to the balance. Lots of character, with quite a lot of soy sauce notes, that I like a lot here. Lovely, old-school, robust Imperial Stout how I love it.
Score: 8 / 5 / 8 / 4 / 17
Black body, with a beautiful, dense, creamy, coffee-colored head.
Aroma of soy sauce, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, liquorice, some coffee, some dark fruits, slight wood.
Tastes pretty similar.
Medium, oily mouthfeel, with a low carbonation.
Finishes roasty, a bit dry, with soy sauce, cocoa powder, dark chocolate, some tobacco, some liquorice.
Very tasty! Tastes more like a RIS than a barrel aged Stout, the barrel is very subtle and just adds to the balance. Lots of character, with quite a lot of soy sauce notes, that I like a lot here. Lovely, old-school, robust Imperial Stout how I love it.
Score: 8 / 5 / 8 / 4 / 17
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2018
at 11:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,66l bottle at Powys place shared by Sander, big thanks. Vintage 2010 Best After 11.15.2011. black color, small very dark coffee colored head. smells bourbon, dusty, light oxidation, some soy sauce, peppery, spices. very nice, very smooth smell. full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, spices, soy sauce, peppery, light oxidation, wood, grassy, resiny, bourbon, some vanilla. finishes lightly dry with notes of vanilla, bourbon and some soy sauceish notes. very nice one, some oxidation and soy sauce notes, but not super obvious, still very smooth and enjoyable to drink. very good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2018
at 19:29
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2018
at 20:31
7/10
Dosc wytrawne, disc kwaskowate, beczki bez szalenstw ale i tak dibre piwko, fajne cialo, milo pijalne, 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
at
Browar Artezan
on 30 Jun 2018
at 17:17