Black Butte XXVII
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production|
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7.76
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Our 27th Anniversary Imperial Porter was brewed with Theo’s cocoa nibs, pomegranate molasses and select spices, blended with apricot puree, and then aged in bourbon barrels. The result is a truly exquisite ale with bold chocolate character, inspired flavors of fruit, and just a pinch of spice. The perfect way for us to celebrate our golden birthday with you!
Malt: Pale, Wheat, Midnight Wheat, Chocolate, Crystal
Hops: Millennium, Cascade, US Tettnang
Other: Theo Chocolate Cocoa Nibs, Apricot Puree, Pomegranate Molasses
Barrel-Aging: 6 Months in Bourbon (50%)
Malt: Pale, Wheat, Midnight Wheat, Chocolate, Crystal
Hops: Millennium, Cascade, US Tettnang
Other: Theo Chocolate Cocoa Nibs, Apricot Puree, Pomegranate Molasses
Barrel-Aging: 6 Months in Bourbon (50%)
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thank you Sebletitje! 650 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBWG VI (2017). Black, lovely creamy mocha head. Nose is bitter licorice, molasses, burned barrel, mocha, roasted malts, herbal bitter. Taste is strongly bitter, herbal, bitter plastic, roast, burned plastic, charred barrel, molasses, licorice. Body is bitter thick plastic molasses. Overly bitter licorice, roast & molasses heavy for me. I got absolutely zero apricot puree here, bourbon seems lost underneath the bitterness as well. Not what I hoped for.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2017
at 04:43
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Deschutes Black Butte XXVII (by Deschutes Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
25/II/17 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ RBBWG (Beerlovers Bar, Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2017-221) Thanks to sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, irregular beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: vanilla, sweet, caramel, bit sugary, dried fruits, some chocolate. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet, bit roasted, caramel, vanilla, alcohol, bit sourish, more alcohol, bitter touch. Aftertaste: bit sourish, alcohol, roasted, some honey, bitter touch, dried fruits.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
25/II/17 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ RBBWG (Beerlovers Bar, Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2017-221) Thanks to sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, irregular beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: vanilla, sweet, caramel, bit sugary, dried fruits, some chocolate. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet, bit roasted, caramel, vanilla, alcohol, bit sourish, more alcohol, bitter touch. Aftertaste: bit sourish, alcohol, roasted, some honey, bitter touch, dried fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2017
at 17:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle picked up at the state store
Pours dark brown with a medium sized tan head, some lacing. Aroma of cocoa, chocolate, dark fruit and bourbon. Flavor of chocolate, dark fruit, molasses vanilla , bourbon and spices
Good, but it’s not as good as other years. Surprisingly, it is a little thin.
Pours dark brown with a medium sized tan head, some lacing. Aroma of cocoa, chocolate, dark fruit and bourbon. Flavor of chocolate, dark fruit, molasses vanilla , bourbon and spices
Good, but it’s not as good as other years. Surprisingly, it is a little thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2017
at 17:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared 22oz. bottle. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of dark fruit, molasses, bourbon and chocolate. Taste is chocolate, bourbon, oak, molasses, fruit. Gets better as it approaches room temperature.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2016
at 23:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. A- Oak, subtle cherry, bourbon, mild fruit. A- Black color, dark liquid, light brown head. T- Oak, subtle bourbon, dark fruits, slightly sweet. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- My 3rd in this series. Had 26 fresh and 28 fresh so why not have 27 after the best after date. Drinks nice. Don’t really get any pomegranate or apricot or even spice, but it makes for a slightly fruity sweetness. Plenty of oak and maybe even some cherry in there. Nice beer overall. An addition of coffee would really be nice I think.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2016
at 16:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a medium sized soapy-foamy brown head that lingered and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was sweet and toasty with notes of chocolate, ripe dark fruits, anise, wood and rum. The flavor was woody with notes of whiskey, anise, fig, cherry and molasses. Noted boozy presence. Long finish of whiskey, anise and dark fruits. Moderately full bodied. Surprisingly smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2016
at 20:21
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
650ml bottle from Park Royal. Tasted with Ilya. Pours an opaque dark brown with a brown head. Aroma is coffee, cocoa, bourbon barrel, some leather, fruity and grassy notes. Taste is pretty the same, medium to high sweetness level, medium booziness level, with chocolate, molasses, fruity and roasted malt notes. Roasted malt, chocolate aftertaste. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2016
at 00:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Pours dark brown with a warm, burgundy hue and a light brown head. Bourbon nose, but also a whiff of tartness. Rich, sweet body, some licorice, but subtle roastiness. Has a slight, rustic tartness as somme barrel aged beers get, I wonder if that’s why it was blended. But not horrible or anything, just not as smooth as some of the best Bourbon barrel aged beers. 031016
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2016
at 06:29
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - pours black tan head - nose and taste of bourbon, apricot, molasses cake, chocolate, oak - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2016
at 21:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours black with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma is cocoa, dark fruit, bourbon, wood. Thick body, roast, similar flavors to nose, nice sweetness, dry finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2016
at 22:50