Deschutes Obsidian Stout

12oz bottle via trade with Indiana Red! - Thanks Ken! Pours black with a nice foamy tan head that fades pretty quick. Aroma is roasted malts a touch of coffee and just a bit of chocolate. Flavor is mostly roasted coffee, some smoke and a bit of chocolate. A little thinner in the body for a stout but quite drinkable and smooth. A little bit of bitterness and dryness on the finish. Seems to lack flavor for a stout overall. Just seems watered down..

Aroma is roasty and fairly smoky. Black with a slightly bubbly thumb thick mocha head. Fore is all roasted coffee beans with moderate chocolate sweetness in the middle. Finish is bitter coffee and a hint of chewing tobacco.

Bottle shared with tupalev -- courtesy of tupalev. Pours a very dark brown, almost black, with a nice size light-brown head. Wonderful aroma and flavour of espresso, chocolate, roasted malt, smoke and hops. The flavour is dry and very well balanced. Body’s a tad thin for a Stout, it’s more like a Porter but it works for it. This is a really good Stout.

Bottle shared with Blankboy. Black, with a frothy tan head - looks good. Wonderful roast in aroma - hints of coffee and chocolate too. Really strong roast and coffee bean taste. Very dry. A little thin - almost a strong porter. Very well balanced. Dry bitterness at the end. This totally works - a fantastic stout.

A totally drinkable stout. Nothing outstanding on any front, but solid across the board. A great beer to have on hand.

Jet black pour. The aroma is of roasted malt, roasted nuts and dark chocolate. Burnt malt flavor, with some coffee tones, some chocolate comes through. A great bitter chocolate aftertaste.

12oz. bottle. Enjoyable roasty malt aroma, some espresso and semi-sweet chocolate notes along with lighter hints of oatmeal and toffee. Deep black color, bottle-conditioned (swirled and poured), with a light brown, creamy head. Rich depth of malt flavor, more highly roasted malts, coffee and creamy chocolate to be found, very nicely balanced with a slight amount of fruity hop flavor and bitterness. Finishes long, with a smooth, fairly silky palate and medium-full body. Just very drinkable, flavorful and balanced, certainly deserving of its relatively high rank here.

As promised, this stout poured obsidian black with a short tan head. Strong aroma of dark chocolate and roasted to burnt malts. Flavor is sweet at first with the malts dominating — chocolate, caramel, latte. The dry, bitter finish takes over at the back of the mouth. Overall, an ejoyable, dry stout.