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Deschutes Black Butte XX

Deschutes Black Butte XX

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An Imperial/Strong Porter brewed by
Deschutes Brewery

Bend, Oregon USA

bottled
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on tap
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1903.98/5.03.97/5.0Special11%84.3Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
XX. It usually means bigger. Richer. And we can think of no better way to describe the taste of this even-bolder take on our classic, Black Butte Porter. Black Butte XX is an imperial porter with a lot more malt and hops, a wealth of coffee, cocoa nibs and aged in bourbon oak barrels. XX. It also means 20. Enjoy one during our 20th anniversary. On the flavor scale - It’s legendary.

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 Ungstrup (11353), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
Jul 28, 2008  
Bottled - tasted blind. A pitch black beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of a moldy ashtray full of tobacco. The flavor is sweet with notes of tobacco as well as an acidity from hard roasted malt, leading to a dry and very roasted finish.Too much tobacco for me.


 omhper (10728), Stockholm, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/512/20
Sep 25, 2008  
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Very black, small beige head. Tarry licorice aroma. Fairly sweet with dense compact mouthfeel. Lots of chocoalte and asphalt covered in molasses. Long salty woody bitterness with some burning sweetness.


 Papsoe (10267), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 31, 2008  
(Bottle 75 cl) Pours black and opaque with a creamy light brown head. Distinctly burned ashy aroma. Quite full-bodied with sweet burned malts and a malt astringent finish. Big yes but also somewhat unrefined. 260708


 Oakes (6966), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Aug 22, 2008  
Near black and oily-looking. Big aroma of coffee, light chocolate, and light bourbon. Big, fat, tangy brew with lots of coffee, some chocolate, thick dark malts, light raisins. Finishes sweet, slightly fruity and reatively beany.


 yespr (6889), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 27, 2008  
From bottle #25 at sk8vikings American blind tasting. Pours dark brown and with a lacing off-white head. Dense roasted and coffeeish aroma. Flavour is spiced and coffeeish with solid acidic touch and hardroasted malt. Solid acidic roasted malt and light tobacco finish. Lingering dark roasted coffee and malt with an acidic touch.




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