6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap at Deschutes Brewery, Bend. Aroma is crisp citrussy hops beside a soft biscuity malt backbone with a touch of lemon and pineapple. Easy and refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at Deschutes Brewery, Bend. Strong barrel notes dominate with oak, rum, ripe red fruits, berries, brandy and a touch of vanilla. Dry and woody, medium sweet. Lightly sourish/funky with a decent bitterness in the finish. Very nice, delivers as promised.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap at Deschutes Brewery, Bend. 2017 version at 8% abv. Aroma is big resinous hops yielding lots of pine resin and sweetish tropical fruits including grapefruit and ripe orange. Bold bittersweet flavour. Body is above medium. Rich and very hoppy. Delicious IIPA candy...
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap at Deschutes Brewery, Bend. Aroma is earthy and smokey with dark malt, tobacco, coffee, roast, touch of peat, scotch barrel, dark chocolate, dessert notes, a hint of prunes. Flavour is sweet and medium bitter. A bit boozy, but not terribly so. Body is full. Rich and very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at Deschutes Brewery, Portland. Aroma is freshly hopped with tropical fruits, lots of grapefruit, zesty orange peel and a soft pale malt backbone. Mildly sweetish, firm bitter. Body is medium. Yes, fresh squeezed is a perfect name for this very fruity well-rounded IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at The Monk’s Kettle, San Francisco. Tart Saison with big wine barrel notes, hay, grain, bretty barnyard funk, grapes. Flavour is mild sweet and light sourish, with a little bitter dry finish. Body ia medium. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from a supermarket in Brookings, Oregon. Aroma is dark malt, caramel, coffee, soft roast, chocolate, hint of vanilla. Flavour is medium sweet and light to moderate bitter. Body is medium. Simply an allround good Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
This will be my first Black Butte to rate in a few years, just have not seen one until I picked up XXXVI at Total Wine in Fort Worth last November. The 12 oz bottle, labeled as being packaged on June 5, 2024, is being opened before a pour into an ABGB snifter. It arrives so dark brown as it might as well be black and is finished by a small ring of light tan, very fine bubbles. The smell is grand, there is dark fruit, grain, chocolate and berries. I take a drink, well, I can say it has been worth the wait. Bakers chocolate, wheat bread, strawberries, malt, raisins, vanilla and earth. A good amount of bitterness too. Though all the Black Buttes have been similar to me, this could be the best one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2025
at 23:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 4.5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Hazy gold, small white head. Piney bready nose. Big dank profile, harsh alcohol heat. Big bodied with a harsh unpleasant bitterness from hops and alcohol. Far too boozy
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2025
at 23:49
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is coffee, roasted malt, oak, chocolate, mocha, hint of liquorice. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet, good bitter finish. Body is full. Great balance with subtle barrel notes, strong yet very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 13:32