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
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Dark brown almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is mostly dark roasted grains. Taste is also dark roasted grains.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hazy gold in color with a two-finger head. Aroma is citrus fruit and pine resin. Taste is also citrus fruit and pine resin.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazy light orange with a two-finger head. Aroma is citrus fruit and pine resin. Taste is also citrus fruit and pine resin.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:39
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2025
at 23:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared at the October 2024 PS tasting, 10/12/24. Black, large brown head, average retention. Aroma of roast, coffee, cardamom, mild oak. Taste is roast, chocolate, bourbon, cherry. Full bodied, mild booze.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2025
at 03:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers! Aroma of orange, citrus, pine. Very juicy orange flavour with a drying bitter finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:05