Deschutes Obsidian Stout

Pours a dark brown. Deep rich flavor, with notes of coffee and roasted chocolate. Can sure feel the alcohol, high abv. Very good stout, and very drinkable. Thumbs up!

12oz. bottle into a nonic. "Best by 05/28/09" is stamped onto the label. Pours black, and completely opaque in appearance. 3 fingers of frothy, creamy, light brown head, which fades extremely slowly to a thin cap. Lacing is thick, sticky, and prevalent. Aroma of sweet malts, slightly earthy roastiness, with hints of coffee. Tastes of moderately sweet, malty roastiness. Lightly smoky/burnt/dark coffee flavors. Very slight hint of dark fruitiness. Solid smoky bitterness lingers on the finish. Moderate carbonation, medium-full, creamy, and smooth. Outstanding. All elements of this brew are above-average to out-of-sight. This is a really good beer, reasonably priced, and a pleasure to drink. It is a damn shame that it is unavailable here in Ohio.

No idea how I’ve managed to not rate this beer yet, a gross oversight on my part! Pours as dark and smooth as the rock for which its named with a small tan head that fades quickly. Aroma is full of roasted malt, dark chocolate, light coffee and some plum/raisin type fruit esters. Flavor is caramel, chocolate, light coffee, mild earth and pine hop notes and roast. Quite an easy drinking stout, and one I’m thrilled to be able to drink on a regular basis.

DLD 2009, thanks to [?]: It is obsidian in color, topped by a short-lived tan head. Very nice aroma, dark malt with a light roast, dark dried fruit, coffee, and floral/herbal hop scents. It was thinner bodied than I anticipated. The flavor matched the aroma and had the addition of some chocolate and a nutty/woody bitterness. Pretty decent.

pours a dark, dark black with a tan, bubbly head. in the aroma is fruits (it’s a fruit punch in here), there’s also coffee, chocolate. there’s a ton of malt complimented by the smooth, chocolatey mid-palate. The backend features a nice amount of hops bitterness.

Best by date 01/29/09, Purchased on 3/19/09 and Drank on 4/26/09 4.5 out of 5 on over all drink-ability Aroma: The aroma is complex of floral notes, dried fruit, raisons, coffee. Appearance: Obsidian Stout pours black. The head is tall, tan and persistent. Flavor: The initial bitterness is tames quickly and leaves flavors of dried fruits, coffee, and toasted malts. Mouth Feel: Full bodied, mild carbonation. Overall Impression: A smooth complex stout. It’s one more beer I wish I could buy in Kansas City.

Bottle. Pours opaque with a large, rocky, brown head, mostly lasting with excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (coffee, burnt grain, dark chocolate), light hop (dry grass), average yeast (leather, earth) with notes of ash, wood, and prune. Full bodied, creamy texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

Bottle from City Beer, at home with tashi, 4th April 09. Black with a big tan head. Very good balance of sweet and dry flavours. Nice and smooth, no hint of the alcohol. Coffee hint to both aroma and flavour too. Good stuff.