Black Butte Non-Alcoholic
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Non Alcoholic / Low Alcohol - Dark / Stout Regular|
Score
6.99
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Malt: Dark Chocolate Malt, Wheat, Premium 2-row malt, Carapils, Crystal 75 Malt
Hops: Cascade, Tettnang
Availability: Year Round
Behold: all the delicious richness of a porter without the buzz. This malt brew tastes so similar to the original Black Butte Porter that you’ll be doing a double-take. Just right for winning trivia night, enjoying after dinner, making it to Wednesday…or really anytime. The recipient of 8 international non-alcoholic awards, including a 2024 World Beer Cup gold medal, Black Butte Non-Alcoholic is our newest classic.
Black Butte Non-Alc is the most awarded non-alcoholic craft beer, securing eight international non-alcoholic awards including:
GOLD at the 2024 World Beer Cup for Non-Alc Beer
GOLD at the 2024 US Open Beer Championship for Non-Alc Stout/Porter!
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz can poured, from a six pack, and officially kicking off my 4th annual dry month of March. Really solid product here, and while I might not mirror the other ratings here and say this is the best NA I've ever had, I can say with confidence that it's close. I imagine it's hard to make a NA version of a classic, and not be subject to immediate comparisons. Really close to the original in a lot of ways. Flavorful, dark toasty malts, soft chocolate, somewhat dry finish. Mellow but enjoyable toasty malt nose. Flavor doesn't completely disappear from the palate here. Solid alternative for when you want to enjoy a local classic without compromise.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 oz. Aroma has notes of chocolate milk, nuts, caramel, wet stone. Pours dark brown to nearly black with a one finger beige head with good retention. Taste has a moderate sweetness with a lightly bitter hoppy edge that builds on the palate. Mouthfeel runs from creamy to watery. Without a doubt the best N/A beer I’ve ever had. Hard to tell it apart from the original.
Drake (22940) reviewed Black Butte Non-Alcoholic from Deschutes Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 6/12/22. Been looking forward to this. Dark brown, large frothy tan head, good retention. Aroma of chocolate, nuts, roast. Taste is roast, nuts, chocolate, cherry. Tad bit thin compared to the original, but not missing much, and pretty damn good. I anticipate buying this by the case!
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