Deschutes Obsidian Stout

This was just a tad too dry for a dry stout. Extremely roasty, like coffee burned to the bottom of the pot, a light bit of chocolate and cocoa, burnt maltballs. Not my favorite stout.

12oz bottle pours deep darkness with mocha head and spotty lacing. The aroma is roasty, chocolate covered malt balls and some licorice. The taste kicks off with a mouth full of highly roasted malts, burnt malts and coffee beans. Chocolate notes surface midway and ride with the roasted malts into the finish. Very nice stout.

Bottle. Huge tan head, dense and lasting with some lace, black body, roasty nose with espresso notes and perhaps some dark chocolate and maybe some floral hop notes. Pretty dry, typical roasted malt flavors, sort of like drinking powdered baker’s chocolate with some ground espresso mixed in. Could use more crystal malt. Finish sort of disappears.

Black pour, medium beige head. Aroma is roasty and coffee smells nice. Flavor is roasty, chocolate, a touch of coffee. Dry aftertaste with a touch of citrus hops. Medium bodied, smooth finish and just a great example of what a stout should be.

12 oz bottle from unclejedi - thanks! Best by 06/27/07. OK, so I’m a tad late. Anyway, black with a brown head. Excellent brown lace. Rather roasty, nutty nose, chocolate and a bit of floral character. Flavors are very much chocolate and coffee, a bit more floral hop than the nose foretold. Body is on the full side of medium, pretty smooth. Finish starts oddly sweet, then moves to a herbal bitterness, a bit of burnt coffee. Nice stuff.

12oz bottle. Poured an opaque black color. Head was thick, brown, and reduced over a minute or two to a lasting film. Aroma was of malted milk balls with a hint of caramel. Slightly sweet with a bit of roasty bitterness at the end. Tasted of milk chocolate, caramel, and subdued cashew. Pretty solid.

Thick pour with long lasting white head. Milky lactic acid aroma with some bourbon whiskey and malt. Flavor is nothing but roasted, almost burnt malt. Completely dry and bitter. Good stout.

Acquired via trade with cbkschubert. Thanks! A very nice stout. Aroma was huge coffee and chocolate with a grainy note. Pour was near black with a one finger tan head. Taste was great. Roasted malt, coffee and a bitter mouth drying aftertaste. Excellent carbonation carried the flavors nicely. As it warms, this tastes almost like cold carbonated coffee. Very nice.