Black Butte XXIX
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.69
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Imperial porter brewed with Dutched cocoa, Saigon cinnamon, and cayenne, 50% aged in Bourbon and Rum Barrels
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Blackish beer with a dark tan head. Bourbon and rum aroma with light chocolate. Bourbon and chocolate flavor with rum, dark fruit, and roast. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and chocolate linger with roast, dark fruit, rum, and spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2024
at 23:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours inky black, small tan head, decent lacing. Aroma is molasses, leather, rum, earth. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2021
at 03:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. A- Mild chilies, chocolate, subtle cinnamon. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Mild chilies, cinnamon, cocoa, subtle barrel. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- At almost 3 years old, this was pretty worn out. Most flavors were mellowed and therefore, it was quite balanced but not too complex or aggressive which I kind of like from this series. Considering the barrels used, I thought there might still be a bit of a bite but there was none.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2020
at 22:25
8.5/10
Lovely Baltic Porter, rum-dominant, chocolate- coconut, mild cayenne,
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2020
at 20:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from cellar. Dark brown pour. Dark roasty aroma with a hint of sweetness. Taste is chocolate, walking the line between sweet and bitter. Lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2019
at 01:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
32oz crowler pours with a clear deep mahogany colored body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up bourbon, spicy rye like sensation, some hot booze and then a blend of dark roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. The taste delivers smooth to spicy boozy barrel character. It starts with sweet malts sliding into chocolate and sweetened dark roasted coffee. At the same time there's barrel notes of bourbon, spicy rye, mild boozy sweet rum and a bit of warming booziness. Nice and pretty well balanced but the barrel character does lead over all.
Tried
from Crowler
on 05 Dec 2019
at 03:58
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(tap) clear, bright, very dark brown colour with a small brown head; rich aroma of cocoa, wood, , brown sugar; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jun 2019
at 03:43
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A very recent acquisition, XXIX was found at Binny’s in downtown Chicago. Go Cubs. I have a bottle of XXX already so XXIX goes in front. I’m using my Buffalo Bayou snifter this time. Peel through the wax, open and pour. Nice chocolate scent opening along with some spiciness, licorice, pepper perhaps. A taste brings cocoa, strawberry, tobacco, biscuit, the barrel contributing some booziness. The best porter I’ve ever had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2019
at 23:39
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2018
at 20:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared with the KL tasting crew. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a thin broken light tan head. The aroma is big roasty malt, liqouirce, chocolate, red berry fruits. The flavour is moderate sweet with a smooth, rich, roasty, liqouirce, chocolate, fruity vanilla, light boozy palate. Medium to full bodied with flat carbonation and an oily mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2018
at 13:18