Black Butte XXIII
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.71
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Black Butte XXIII: Porter brewed with cocoa nibs, orange and natural flavors added, with 25% aged in Bourbon Barrels [sic].
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose is sweet over ripe pit fruit brown sugar and rich bourbon barrel booze notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet rich malts pit fruit, brown sugar, chocolate, tons of stuff going on, peppers, bourbon barrel notes, orange. This has held up pretty well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2020
at 02:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Black and opague. Dark chocolate, cream and bourbon in the aroma. Full bodied. Thick mouthfeel, slightly alcoholic. Dark chocolate, cream, roast and coffee hiding the alcohol and the boozy bourbon notes somewhat. Powerful, very tasty and satisfyingly balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours bla k, small but tanned head. Smell is bit port ( due to the age ), oak, hidden bourbon, silky roastyness. Taste is full, roasty, some oxidation, bit barrel, chocolate. Tad bourbon aspects. Nice, perhaps a bit over its peak, but still good.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2018
at 19:14
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap. Pours black with light head. Aromas of dark caramel, vanilla, and chocolate malts. Flavors of dark maple sugar, caramel, chicory, rich nutty chocolate and dry roasted malts. Beauty.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Mar 2018
at 23:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle picked up at Jims Homebrew a few years ago
Pours clear dark brown with a medium sized tan head, good lacing. Aroma of dark malts, licorice, rich chocolate and coffee. Taste of dark malts, ashy, chocolate, whiskey and leather
Very nice, smooth. Glad I held this one for a few years.
Pours clear dark brown with a medium sized tan head, good lacing. Aroma of dark malts, licorice, rich chocolate and coffee. Taste of dark malts, ashy, chocolate, whiskey and leather
Very nice, smooth. Glad I held this one for a few years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2015
at 20:59
9/10
Tried
on 09 Sep 2015
at 10:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black brown colour, beige head. Aroma of soy, chocolate, malts, caramel, Bourbon, hint of marmalade. Sweet flavour, cacao, vanilla and Bourbon. Finish chocolate, chocolate wafer cookie.
(from 66cL bottle @ Sunday Bottle Share, CBC Clerkenwell; RBESG 2014, London)
(from 66cL bottle @ Sunday Bottle Share, CBC Clerkenwell; RBESG 2014, London)
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2015
at 13:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
At a vertical event. Mellowed malt, strong dark malt flavors. A bit of dustiness and slightly astringency . Flavor shows a little age. Just like a big version of the regular Black Butte but slightly old.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2015
at 16:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the RBESG 2014, grand tasting 10/08/2014 Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell. Nice looking, dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is solventy, hot alcohol with vanilla bean, oak and roast. Flavour is composed of very smooth rounded orast, vanilla and nutty praline. Nice smooth choclate malts nad some tangy fruits. Palate is medium full with highish carbonation. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2014
at 15:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
How: Bottle.
Where: RBESG 14 not so grand tasting.
Appearance: Dark brown, almost black, colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Fruit, a bit smoked, caramel, raisin, citrus.
Body: Full body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Sweet fruit, plum, raisin, roasted malt.
Where: RBESG 14 not so grand tasting.
Appearance: Dark brown, almost black, colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Fruit, a bit smoked, caramel, raisin, citrus.
Body: Full body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Sweet fruit, plum, raisin, roasted malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2014
at 11:50