Deschutes Black Butte XXIII

Formerly brewed at Deschutes Brewery
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Bend, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle thanks to trade with ksurkin! Pours a hazy brownish-black with thin tan lace that sticks nicely. Atoms of slight bourbon, cocoa, coffee, hint of toasted marshmallow. Taste is a bittersweet chocolate covered marshmallow dusted in coffee. Hell yeah, find me more of this.

Bottle, thanks to Bruce on his 30th birthday. It pours very dark brown with small light tan head. The nose is roasted malt, dark chocolate, dark caramel, light vanilla and coconut. The taste is chocolate, caramel, toffee, earth, wood, sharp alcohol kick, bourbon, faint coffee, roasted malt and vanilla with a boozy finish. Medium-full body and average carbonation. Nice flavour, but pretty rough around the edges.

A beer that changes its spots a lot as you dirnk. Overall it is a solid beer that is reminiscent of 70% orange cacao bars.

Pours dark brown/black with a thick tan head...nice retention and lacing. Aroma has bourbon and dark fruit...fig...hints or orange. Flavor has lots of roastiness...hints of bitter dark chocolate, coffee, a touch of tangy orange, and nice bourbon notes...lightly boozy. Mouthfeel is medium/full and creamy with a roasty/burnt finish.

Bottle at Deeblo 30 th birthday. Black beer yep its an impy stout. bit hot alcohol some choc. too hot

On tap. Black with a thin creamy tan head. Nice dark chocolate, vanilla, bourbon and light oak aroma and taste with candy sugar notes and a nice smooth bourbon finish. Very good.

On tap at Freshcraft. Pour is pitch black with a creamy brown head and great lacing. Cocoa, vanilla, cinnamon, graham crackers, spice, light peat, and coconut in the aroma. Taste is dark chocolate, coffee, light roast, dark fruits, vanilla, light bourbon, maple syrup, and bread with a light alcoholic bite on the finish. Syrupy/sticky mouthfeel with soft carbonation. Damn tasty porter and the alcohol is hidden dangerously. Nice stuff!!!

22 oz. bottle, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma of oranges, a bit of oxidation, cocoa nibs and some coconut flakes - not much hint of the barrel aging. Flavour is very complex, with orange fruits, cocoa nibs, a bit of coconut, very subtle barrel characteristics and a bit of sherry-like oxidation. Complex and well-rounded. Great stuff, but inferior to Black Butte XXI.

Dark brown color with tan sheen. Chocolate, sweet toffee, sweet glazed orange aromas. medium body. Semi-sweet chocolate, corn syrup sweet flavors with some sweet dark raisons, dark roast. Waiting a year didn’t help this beer at all--very sweet.

oooooo! Found a new metal band tonight - Origin. Fucking stomps. 1/3 of the bottle left to get a review in. Cellar temp + 1hr counter time. Wonderful aroma - the orange comes out quite well, odd floral notes, sweet red licorice dulled, a round about chocolate, light alcohol is in there, caramel and some molasses. The aroma really fades in interest. Maybe candy like cinnamon too. Solid thick nose. The taste is very good even if lacking in depth but does every damn beer have to be massively complex? The answer is I decide when that matters. I could drink fuckloads of this even with the failure to hide so much alcohol content. No biggie. Supremely well blended. So well that it’s almost hard to discern the flavours. Thick roast, sweetness, dirty orange stuff, slight choco -oh it’s there but just blends in so well that it does not stand up for itself. Molasses or burnt sugar - an in between state. thickness. I guess this is good - how good I cannot quite place which is an interesting thought. k, this beer has hit me hard, its 12:05am, i want to watch pre tourney WJH highlights and eat a retarded amount of pistachios. wait... should i say "R-word" instead? If you think that you most certainly can go and die, asshole.