Black Butte XXXI
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.49
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Imperial porter with chocolate, cold brew coffee and cardamom, aged in bourbon barrels
In celebration of our 31st anniversary, this year's imperial porter was inspired by Turkish coffee and uses cold brew from our very own Scott Hughes of Third Rock Roasters.
In celebration of our 31st anniversary, this year's imperial porter was inspired by Turkish coffee and uses cold brew from our very own Scott Hughes of Third Rock Roasters.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz from Costco at Alex's shared with Andrey. Appearance: very dark brown with tan head. Aroma: rosehip berries characther coming probably from cardamom, some chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, quite roasty and fruity. Overall: ok.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2019
at 03:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from cellar. Dark brown pour, flat. Cola aroma, cardamom, spice. Taste brings more spice, kind of dominates the whole brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2019
at 02:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Steve’s cellar. Clear dark brown pour, coarse tan head quickly dissipated earthy coffee aromas up front Flavors have a little tootsie roll. Some strange spooned notes as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2019
at 02:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber. Pours a pitch black hue with a small brown head. A big nose of roast, licorice, light whiskey. Initially this was a bit too sweet, huge licorice, it warms to more coffee, vanilla, some soft dark fruit, roast. Quite nice. Big coffee, some metallic notes.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2019
at 08:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Cap Hop. Pours dark brown with a light tan head. Aroma has coffee, chocolate and anise. Med plus body. Flavor is slightly toasty dark malt with coffee, chocolate, anise and maybe cardamom. Gotta review my idea of that last. Not dry, but only mildly sweet. Bitter, but from coffee or malt or? Very smooth, well integrated flavors. As always, Deschutes did a very nice thing.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2019
at 18:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Waxed bomber. Aroma is roasty, licorice, cardamom, coffee, chocolate. Pours dark brown--nearly black--with a one finger beige head. Taste is sweet, roasty, boozy. A little rich for me to really love this, but it's not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2019
at 04:18