The Abyss - Coconut
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.85
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A decadent beer with roasted coconut flakes, licorice, cherry bark & vanilla on top of a rich imperial stout aged in whiskey barrels. Enjoy this first variant of The Abyss in a 4-pack. Drink one, share one, and age a couple for later!
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Abyss, one of my favorite imperial stouts. And coconut I like a lot as an adjunct. This might be all right. I have a 12 oz bottle that I acquired from D&Q - The Beer Station in Houston earlier in the summer. And I have a globe glass out to receive the pour, a deep, dark brown with a minuscule rim of light tan foam. The smell is a basic imperial stout scent with a small whiff of coconut showing up. The taste builds considerably on the nose with a healthy amount of whiskey, chocolate, grain, vanilla, roast, wood and enough coconut to be noticed. I would have appreciated more. Significantly sweet, a little bitter and quite dense. A rather good imperial stout, might have been better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2022
at 02:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Beastly sweet, boozy, warm. Leans into the whiskey notes, the coconut is pretty mild and not that discernable. The adjuncts are complementary flavorwise, and don't dominate the way the barrel does. Chunky, rich, full bodied. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2022
at 23:05
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Very rich. Sharp roast, coconut, dark chocolate and coffee. Oily black pour with great retaining mocha head and good lacing. A little coffee. Nice variant on the mainstay. Bittersweet finish, but mostly bitter. Thick creamy consistency. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2022
at 01:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black with a 1/2cm brown head that never disappears. Smells mostly stouty with the additions and treatments nuances rather than main players - the coconut and the vanilla could just be oak. Smooth, slightly oily texture with lowish carbonation. Lots of chocolate (a mix of milk and plain), firm but not acrid roast, gentle coconut, more prominent vanilla, a mere breath of whiskey. Bitterness at the end really creeps up. And so, after a time, does the coconut. Bottle says this is 14.3% ABV, so I guess it holds its alcohol pretty well too. Adds some worthwhile things but doesn't mess much with what makes the original good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2022
at 13:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver
Dark brown colour, near black. Aroma of dark chocolate, little tar. Good body; definitively playing with the roasted malts and the tar, light residual sweetness; toasted nuts, a bit salty; I wouldn't necessarily think of coconut.
Very solid Imperial Stout, well brewed.
Dark brown colour, near black. Aroma of dark chocolate, little tar. Good body; definitively playing with the roasted malts and the tar, light residual sweetness; toasted nuts, a bit salty; I wouldn't necessarily think of coconut.
Very solid Imperial Stout, well brewed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2022
at 15:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 355mL bottle (pkg 04/21/22). Black with small beige head. Light wood, chocolate, mild coconut and vanilla, light whiskey barrel. Wish it had more coconut. About on par with what I remember of the original Abyss (via my 2016 rating of the 2014 vintage). Enjoyable, a touch hot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2022
at 01:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a pitch black with a finger of brown head that lingers. Big dark chocolate, bourbon and coconut aromas. Coconut and cacao nib dominate the palate. Oak, vanilla, coconut and cacao on the finish. Excellent!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 25 Jun 2022
at 04:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz @ 🏡 Appearance: very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: roasted malts, whiskey, chocolate, some coconut. Taste: lots of whiskey and roasted malts, not much of coconut, moderately sweet. Finishes with roasted malt bitterness. Overall: pretty good, especially for the price.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2022
at 08:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle. Pours black with fizzy tan head that settles quickly. Aromas of kalhua (alcohol), vanilla, light coconut and slick toasted malts. Flavors of coconut, hazelnuts, licorice, dark chocolate, oily malts and alcohol. Flavors and malts are good, but not really up to the alcohol, especially as the coconut is bitter. Or maybe that’s the bark…
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2022
at 01:14
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz. bottle, pours jet black with a small tan head. Aroma is very complex and deep, with lots of roasted coconut, leather, licorice, gentle vanilla, and deep whiskey barrels. Flavour is rich and complex, with plenty of roasted malt, leather, some cherry bark, a little licorice, and deep whiskey barrels. The coconut is fairly minor and just adds minor accentuation. This is basically the same as the regular Abyss we all know and love, with only the subtlest differences. And that's fine with me because The Abyss is a classic, as is this version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2022
at 05:30