Black Butte XXV
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
7.88
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XXV is brewed with dates, figs and cocoa nibs. 50% of the final blend was aged in bourbon barrels.
According to Brewmaster, Cam O’Connor, “we increased the bourbon barrel aged portion of this year’s by approximately 17%. We also soured a small portion (12%) of the final blend. We added Black Currant (12.5%) to this year’s 25 as well.”
According to Brewmaster, Cam O’Connor, “we increased the bourbon barrel aged portion of this year’s by approximately 17%. We also soured a small portion (12%) of the final blend. We added Black Currant (12.5%) to this year’s 25 as well.”
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Beer Revolution, Oakland. Colour is black with slightly brownish white head. Aromas and flavours: Coffee, licorice, berries? and roasted malts. Has some elements of red wine, quite massive but easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2013
at 20:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap @ Deschutes, Portland. Pours black with a small mocha head. Aroma is heavy roasted malts with oak and bourbon barrels, as well as tobacco and muscovado. Full creamy body with a soft carbonation. Flavour is sweet with roasted malts and dark fruits, raisins and prunes, as well as oak, leather, chocolate and vanilla. Long sweet finish with lots of dark fruits lingering.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2013
at 12:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black,lasting tan head.Complex nose of alcohol,brown sugar,roast & plums.Palate of dry roast and plums,medium alcohol heat. Medium bitterness in finish
Tried
on 06 Oct 2013
at 20:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Greg’s dump. Pours a dark brown appearance, fairly clear with a thin dark brown head. Bourbon, roasty, dark chocolate, a bit woody, anise aroma. A bit hot, rich chocolate, oaky, moderate bourbon, dark fruity, anise flavor. Kind of boozy but kind of fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2013
at 20:42
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
650 ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with little head. Aromas of dark fruit, blackberries, and dried sweet dark chocolate. Flavors of fruit and coffee. Very nice balance though a little hot
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2013
at 22:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Belmont Station. Pours a jet black color with a medium brown head. A big sweet sugary nose with coffee and cocoa. The flavor is rich berries, oak, tannins, coffee, roast, more dark fruit, oil, some cocoa, vanilla. Very complex big beer. A mostly slick oily palate. Very big. One of my favorites so far. The currants don’t distract at all. Finishes dry with anise and pepper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2013
at 23:40
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Taster at Standard Market during a Monday Deschutes Tap Takeover. I got to compare this to a XXIV, rare opportunity for anniversary beers for me. This one looked just a little lighter. Nose of sherry and vanilla over dark roasted malt. The taste has a pronounced cherry cola note absent in the XXIV, but it cuts across the dark roast malts. Besides the sherry notes, this tips a bit to a red wine taste, too. So much stuff going on here that I didn’t catch the bourbon notes I usually find in a BBA beer. Probably that is helping to bring up more of the fruity character from the dates and figs.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Sep 2013
at 11:36
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Poured from a growler. Black with full beige head. Chocolate, some mild coffee, bourbon. Full creamy mouthfeel. Excellent.
Tried
from Growler
on 29 Aug 2013
at 20:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Blackish beer with a tan head. Chocolate and light bourbon aroma. Chocolate and light red fruit flavor with light toffee. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and light red fruit lingers with light toffee and light bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2013
at 18:19
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
I bought a Howler of this at Liquor Shed for $11.99. That’s 2 true pints for $6 a piece. Nice.
A- it pours black, no light shines through. Small head of foam, yeah, but swirling the beer in my glass brings a decent head of foam and also some lacing. It looks both potent and delicious.
S- big Bourbon, vanilla, caramel malt, dark fruits....so good of a nose.
T- all sorts of complex flavours going on here. Big but not overpowering Bourbon with tasty vanilla and chocolate, dark fruits of the fig kind, dark fruit of the black currant kind that adds just a wee bit of tartness. I was a little feared when I first tried the XXV in a bottle when I read the label and saw the mention of black currants...that and after reading about it on a post on BA. But man, I should never have doubted Deschutes’ brewing skills. This is killer good and ready to drink now!
M- just a tad under full bodied, or is it? Great medium carbonation. The mouthfeel is super and so is the fact that I no longer see the word mouthfeel underlined in red. It’s a real word now.
O- I admit, I’ve been a bit miserly about giving beers a perfect 5 when, perhaps, I should have. This is a perfect 5 for me though the bottles, I think, need more time as per Deschutes’ putting a best after date. Cheers!
A- it pours black, no light shines through. Small head of foam, yeah, but swirling the beer in my glass brings a decent head of foam and also some lacing. It looks both potent and delicious.
S- big Bourbon, vanilla, caramel malt, dark fruits....so good of a nose.
T- all sorts of complex flavours going on here. Big but not overpowering Bourbon with tasty vanilla and chocolate, dark fruits of the fig kind, dark fruit of the black currant kind that adds just a wee bit of tartness. I was a little feared when I first tried the XXV in a bottle when I read the label and saw the mention of black currants...that and after reading about it on a post on BA. But man, I should never have doubted Deschutes’ brewing skills. This is killer good and ready to drink now!
M- just a tad under full bodied, or is it? Great medium carbonation. The mouthfeel is super and so is the fact that I no longer see the word mouthfeel underlined in red. It’s a real word now.
O- I admit, I’ve been a bit miserly about giving beers a perfect 5 when, perhaps, I should have. This is a perfect 5 for me though the bottles, I think, need more time as per Deschutes’ putting a best after date. Cheers!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2013
at 16:21