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Deschutes Obsidian Stout

Deschutes Obsidian Stout - Stout

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: Stout

Bend, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6223.78/5.03.77/5.06.4%96.7English pint
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Commercial Description:
Smooth and black, like the volcanic rock, Obsidian Stout is a solid, satisfying beer with a rich roasted-malt flavor. Obsidian Stout gets is inspiration from one of the world's largest obsidian flows at Newberry Volcano--just a few miles south of the brewery. "The Big Obsidian Flow," as they call it, covers more than 700 acres with shiny black obsidian.
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 RunDWP (203), San Jose, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Mar 12, 2008  
Bottled. Slight coffee aroma, pours jet black, with a persistant light brown head. Tastes of strong coffee and dark chocolate, with some bitterness. Slightly creamy mouthfeel. Goes down pretty smooth. What a great name for a stout. Gives me that warm fuzzy feeling.


 HughConway (364), Alabama, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Mar 12, 2008  
Bottle. Pours black with thick light brown head. Nice hop aroma. Nice coffee, barley, chocolate flavor. Not oppressive body. A very solid stout.


 matt7215 (942), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/516/20
Mar 11, 2008  
12 oz bottle from a trade with SuzyGreenberg. pours black with a nice tan hea that lasts and lasts. leaves nice lacings on the glass. aromas are roasted malts with roasted barley, coffee and chocolate coming through. sweet flavour profile with a slightly bitter finnish. borders on being a foreign stout with all the sweetness but a very good stout none the less. id gladly have it at anytime and id trade for it again.


 greenhorn1 (458), Mission Viejo, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/517/20
Mar 8, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Finally rating this beer. This is a regular vistor to my house. Pours black with a thin creamy head. After the first sip you can taste the roasty malt, chocolate and espresso. Full bodied and the mouthfeel is sticky. The lack of aroma is the only reason this did not recieve a rating of 4+.


Robyn04 (1), USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Deschutes Obsidian Stout does not count
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/519/20
Mar 8, 2008  
very very good! I tried it bottled and on nitro. 10 times better on nitro. highly recommend. Of course anything Deschutes makes is always worth trying


 biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Mar 7, 2008  
Solid black with a wisp of a tan head. Milky burnt fruity hoppy aroma with leather and cocoa. Big hoppy roast flavor with caramel and lingering sweetness. Long oily finish with relatively low bitterness. Awesome stout.


 darn1207 (529), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 5, 2008    Updated: Sep 28, 2008
12oz bottle kate brought back from olympia, wa. black pour with nose of smoke, coffee and chocolate. toasted malt, caramel, and alcohol on the taste. finishes crisp and a little astringent (but not in a bad way). kate: 8.5


 Taverner (826), San Ramon, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/517/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Excellent EXCELLENT stout! Full flavored - the hops are there just not as prominent as the rich, chocolate malt. Pours black, not brown - and you can’t shine a light through this stuff. Flavor is light and heavy at the same time. Notes of plum, chocolate, wood and smoke.



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