4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle: Deep blackness with a dark tan head. Heavy charcoal aromas, yogurt bacteria, and coffee grounds. The taste is powerful - charcoal and bitter coffee, not too sweet. This is how I prefer imperial stouts to be. I do taste the licorice at the very end of the aftertaste. The more I drink this, the more I love it. This is all it is talked up to be! Thanks Indiana_Red for sharing this hard to get in Boise brew!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Problem: How could I get this in Minnesota? Solution: Liquid Solutions. Up front oak flavors that settle out nicely into a burnt roast coffee. Distinct licorice with a full back of the mouth sweetness. Very well done. Psyched that I have two more bombers.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Thanks to Black95tt for sharing this at Columbus tasting 5. Nice nutty/coffee aroma with some yeast scents. Black with a nice brown head. Full palate supports flavors of roasted malt, coffee, and some chocolate. Complex and nice.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Thanks to Black95tt for sharing this one at the Columbus Tasting V.Chocolate,molasses and coffee in the aroma.Pours black with a tan head.Lots of coffee in the flavor.Full mouthfeel with a bitter coffee finish.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber. Pours opaque black with a lacy brown head. Tons of chocolate on the nose, along with some coffee and oaky vanilla. Full, creamy viscous body with minimal carbonation. Sweet taste with huge coffee, molasses and oak. Hops, espresso and oak all seem to contribute to the lasting bitter finish. As good as it is now, this is going to be better in a couple of years. Thankfully, I have more. Thanks Geoff and Tom!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle shared at the Columbus Tasting V thanks to Black95tt for sharing: Black with a thick tan head. Aroma, big oaky, and woody notes up front, some chocolate and coffee in there as well. Flavor, woody, chocolate, coffee a lot actually, earthy bitterness on the finish, roasty, molasses. Really delicious.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 7, 2008 Shared by Black95tt...my brother at the Columbus tasting. A very nice aroma of different chocolates and roastiness. The taste had some bourbon to it and a little bit of a bittersweet chocolates. I got a little bit of a weird off flavor in the back end of the taste in this beer, but it was a minor flaw in overall really solid brew. Thanks for letting me try it Ryan!
Not really too much more description to add on the rerate a year later with the new batch...but I found it much more enjoyable without the off flavors I noted last year. Also not too much bourbon present...very nicely blended with alcohol only barely noticeable. A solid brew for sure! Thanks for the bottle Jake!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bottle shared at Columbus Tasting V - Pours Black with a big mocha head that clings to the sides of the glass in an oily fashion. Aromas of Chocolate, bourbon, coffee, oak, and molasses. Flavor is chocolate, oak molasses, bourbon, and some liccorice. Oily palate with a smooth thick body. Warmth from the alcohol at the finish. This one was quite impressive!!
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
22-oz. bottle. Pours an unpenatrable opaque semi-thick liquid with a small frothy dark brown head, mostly lasting, fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (molasses, chocolate, toasted), average hops (flowers, perfume), average yeast (leather) with notes of alcohol, prune, wood, licorice and cola. Full bodied, creamy texture, soft carbonation and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber. Pours opaque with a dimishing head, small brown bubbles. Top notch stout aroma- chocolate, cherries, bitter hops, hints of oak and alcohol. Taste is big and bitter, loads of zingy hops followed by some more gentle chocolate and roasted malt tones, a little bourbon. Very light oakiness which was a little dissapointing. Alcohol detracts a little bit, could have been better masked. Body is pretty much perfect, medium to heavy with just a little oiliness. Finishes with more bitter hops, chocolate.
Deschutes isn’t known for making beers that you can put down for awhile, but I’d love to see this one develop, hopefully away from the overly bitter hops (and I like my stouts bitter).
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