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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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Jet black colour with average, creamy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. Roasty, dark malty aroma, slightly salty, herbal, tart-ish. Taste is dry, roasty dark malty, notes of espresso, high-percentage dark chocolate, very subtle dark malty sweetness, herbal and minimally bitter hoppy overtones, a salty touch. Bone dry, clean, intense dark chocolately.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2014
at 11:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Deschutes Obsidian Stout (by Deschutes Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
23/VI/14 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - BB: I/13/14 (2014-661) Thanks to PriorL for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, irregular beige head, bit stable, non adhesive. Aroma: roasted, mocha, caramel, some coffee, chocolate, chlorine. MF: ok carbon, medium body, creamy texture. Taste: caramel, mocha, some coffee, little bitter, bit sourish. Aftertaste: dark chocolate, mocha, bit of caramel, bitter hops, roasted finish.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
23/VI/14 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - BB: I/13/14 (2014-661) Thanks to PriorL for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, irregular beige head, bit stable, non adhesive. Aroma: roasted, mocha, caramel, some coffee, chocolate, chlorine. MF: ok carbon, medium body, creamy texture. Taste: caramel, mocha, some coffee, little bitter, bit sourish. Aftertaste: dark chocolate, mocha, bit of caramel, bitter hops, roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2014
at 12:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A colablack beer with a dense and light brown head. The nose has roastiness, black coffee, nice chocolate, some sourness of milk. Taste is roasted, coffee, some chalk and liquirice. Succesfully sweetness thus the taste is not totally dry. Medium bodied, quite smooth to drink. Succesfully stout with strong flavours. Good beer.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2014
at 07:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I was surprised 12 oz bottle from Country Club Liqours. Nose is dark bitter chocolate with some roast nuttiness. Black with a medium lightly lacing tan head. Flavor is lightly bitter with chocolate and a very nice body and mouth feel. Very nice drinkable regular stout at a decent price.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2014
at 16:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. A- Mocha, cocoa, espresso, roasty. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Coffee, cocoa, roasty, malty, slightly bitter. P- Medium body, slightly thin texture, average carbonation, roasty finish. O- This one was good but by the end, it just didn’t quite leave me wanting another. The aroma was very rich but the taste didn’t quite fulfill the promise that the nose brought. Now, there certainly aren’t any complaints for this one, but just nothing wowza about it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2014
at 19:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught (Nitro) @ Deschutes, Portland, OR
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of smooth roastiness, cocoa, chocolate and coffee. Taste is slick, smooth, chocolaty and oily with some coffee and cocoa notes. Finish is slick smooth and roasty. Nice.
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of smooth roastiness, cocoa, chocolate and coffee. Taste is slick, smooth, chocolaty and oily with some coffee and cocoa notes. Finish is slick smooth and roasty. Nice.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2014
at 15:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355 ml bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is sweet with roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Flavour is sweet with roasted malt, chocolate a hint of licorice and a dry, bitter coffee finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2014
at 21:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a dark brown/close to black colored body with a two finger off-white/tan foamy head that rises a bit and then drops gently leaving some thick spider web lacing gracing the sides of the glass.
The smell has a smokey, woody, espresso, and roasty combined fantastically.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned aromas entering a sort of sweetness from some light chocolate and some light vanilla, dry espresso aftertaste, dry sticky finish.
On the palate, she sat about a medium, semi-sessionable, carbonation is done very well for its style and for me, becomes slightly creamy.
Overall, I would definitely have this one again.
The appearance had a dark brown/close to black colored body with a two finger off-white/tan foamy head that rises a bit and then drops gently leaving some thick spider web lacing gracing the sides of the glass.
The smell has a smokey, woody, espresso, and roasty combined fantastically.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned aromas entering a sort of sweetness from some light chocolate and some light vanilla, dry espresso aftertaste, dry sticky finish.
On the palate, she sat about a medium, semi-sessionable, carbonation is done very well for its style and for me, becomes slightly creamy.
Overall, I would definitely have this one again.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2014
at 11:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From notes, consumed on 6/21/13. Bottle poured into a tulip pint glass. Pours black with two fingers of tan head that fades slowly. Aromas of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, caramel. Tasting notes of bitter coffee, chocolate, caramel. Medium-light body with a semi-dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2014
at 02:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Solid black pour with very thin tan head. Mild roasted coffee and chocolate aroma. Thin palate. Taste is very acidic and bitter to start, then chocolate and bitter dry finish. Not bad but there are better options in HK.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2014
at 10:16