Obsidian Stout
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Regular|
Score
7.47
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A stout as black as the nearby volcanic flow from which it is named. Dive into its dark, robust depths with intense layers of espresso and chocolate. Roasted malt and barley give it a full, toasty finish.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a solid black with a thin tan head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is a roasty chocolaty affair with some dried fruit and a touch of hop aroma for good measure. Taste follows the smell, but lingers with a bit of ash in the finish. Full body, creamy texture, ample carbonation. If not for the ash in the finish I’d love this beer. As is its still good, just not spectacular.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2011
at 19:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 5
Pours a nice dark brown (not quite as inky black as some imperials) with thin to medium head. Very strong roasted grain flavor overpowers some of the other elements in the beer.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2011
at 13:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught, Toronado, San Francisco. Black as a ravens wing with a small tan head. Decent nose with dark chocolate, roasted malt and coffee notes. These themes continued on into the flavour accompanied by a hint of some dark fruit. Nice n smooth fullish body and mouthfeel. Dried out somewhat towards the finish. Well executed and tidy stout.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2010
at 15:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black with a small dark head.Nose shows intense roasted coffee and dark chocolate with a hint of smoke. Very nice.Very similar flavours, lots of roasted malt and coffee beans with more noticeable smoke. Finishes with a light roasty bitterness.Carbonation is a little too high.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2010
at 16:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Brownish black with a tan head that fades to a good coat then lingers. Aroma has charred malt, coffee, hints of dark berries and mint (?!). Smooth texture is not quite oily. Just slightly carbonated. Taste has plenty of roasted bitterness, cocoa, some coffee astringency. Caramel and berry sweetness is there but mostly buried. Dry finish has roasted and piney hop bitterness with some salt and ash. Slightly muddled finish and something slightly jarring in the aroma, but a good stout all the same.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2010
at 06:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to 5000. Pours black with tan head. Nose of chocolate, roasted malts and coffee. Taste is roasted chocolate malt, coffee and vanilla. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2010
at 18:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Medium, rather dense beige head over black beer. Cucumber - fresh cucumber! Greenmalt the reason? Some hops definitely too. Very discreet burnt/roasted malt notes. Again something like fresh vegetables, if not really as convincingly cucumber. Warming up (too) much liquorice. Despite the polar serving temperature, obviously full-bodied, some alcoholwarming. Great, if not really excellent stout, with a surprising nose.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2010
at 02:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
I had this as part of a sampler at Deschutes in Portland, OR. Great dry stout, creamy cocoa and chocolate, little nutty, roasty. Would definitely have this again in a larger glass, with more in it than what I had.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2010
at 10:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz bottle into English pint. Can’t believe I haven’t rated this classic yet. Aromas of roasted malt, brown sugar, black coffee. Pours opaque black with a thick tan head which dissipates in a few minutes, leaving a nice long retaining centimeter thick head and sticky lacing. Taste is sweet at first and finishes just slightly bitter. Carbonation is medium. Fairly creamy mouthfeel. Could be bigger bodied. Overall, a very nice stout, but not as good as I remember it. I haven’t had one in a few years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2010
at 20:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle, pours black with a huge tan head. Aroma is roasted malt and espresso. Exceptionally creamy mouthful, with a dark roasted malt and espresso flavour and a thick finish. Excellent stout!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2010
at 19:51