The Abyss - Rum
(has 1 batch)
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.75
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Imperial stout brewed with black strap molasses, licorice with cherry bark and whole vanilla beans, 100% aged in rum barrels for 10 months.
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10/10
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Appearance 10
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Texture 10
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22 oz bottle. Pours black with a brown head. Dark chocolate and molasses aroma, sweet rum creates a great aroma. Flavor has roasty dark cocoa, molasses, smoke, dark fruit, some coffee-ish flavor blending very nicely with the rum, vanilla, and oak. Rum can often be overbearing I find, but it certainly isn't here. Sweet but far from overly sweet; the sweetness is perfect, and the smokiness is a great counterpoint to it. This is fabulous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2018
at 01:46
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Shared at Jim's tasting. Pitch black pour with a tan head. Notes of rum, spices, caramel, light smoked malts, more spices. Really nice barrel character.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2017
at 12:20
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Waxed bomber from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Some aroma escapes as the wax is removed! Pours dark brown with a decent dark tan head - rather creamy - like the top of an espresso can be. Aroma first impression is chocolate rum. Deep inhale finds dark treacle and vanilla and makes my head spin a bit. Wow aroma. Full + bodied. Flavor has very dark treacle, anise, lots of rum and definitely chocolate. A bit of heat perhaps. Got the rum, didn't find the wood. Lots of complexity tho, so it could be there. Far from dry. The flavor components adequately substitute for hop. Extremely delicious. This is over the top for good ale.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2017
at 18:53
8/10
4.1
Tried
on 18 Dec 2017
at 09:05
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
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Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Sunset Beer Company, shared @ JimGreenuk tasting, December 2017. Pours pitch black, oily. Brown head. Aroma's: boozy, fruity, alcohol, roast, dark chocolate. Retronasal it's sweetish, fruity, light rum, alcohol, chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet, roasted, moderate bitter, alcohol. Above medium bodied. Long finish, roasted woody, dry. Complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2017
at 05:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the JimGreen tasting, Den Haag, December 2017. Poured a clear dark brown with a bubbly round head. The aroma is roasty malt, charcoal, liquorice, boozy alcohol, The flavour is moderate sweet with a rich roasty oily malt, warm alcoholic bitter palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 15:29
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Sampled from bottle at jim is back xmas tasting. Black with tan head. Deep roasted chocolate malts, tobacco, peat, vanilla. Massive. Big sweet and moderate bitter. Full body and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 15:22
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at Jim’s back tasting! Pitch black with light brown head. Flowery rum, licorice, molasses, salty salmiak, sweet malts, roast, vanilla, thick dark syrupy stuff, ash, more deep roast, sticky booze. Over medium sweet and bitter. Full bodied with sticky feel. Very strong but very nice. Well done!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 15:20
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
9 3 8 3 17 Bottle shared at the pre-Christmas tasting with JimGreenuk. Black with a small brown head. Aroma of big rum, floral notes, chocolate, spice, oak, dark malt, caramel and vanilla. Flavour is heavy sweet and above moderate bitter. Full bodied with alcohol heat in the finish and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 15:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber. Pours a jet black color with a medium brown head. A huge barrel nose, clear spicy sugary rum, roast. Love these Abyss variants, they pack so much barrel into them. Big sweet rum, hot, cocoa, ashy, some vanilla, big sweet chocolate. Very nice. So smooth despite obvious heat.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2017
at 23:59