Deschutes Black Butte Porter

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: Porter
Bend, Oregon USA

12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Blackish brown color, good clarity, fluffy beige head. Decent lacing. Lots of coffee in the aroma with a little ash and balancing chocolate sweetness. Lightly acidic roasted character with some dark fruits and burnt coffee. Medium-light bodied with a little too much carbonation. Solid beer.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a thick mocha head, with slight lacing, over a clear dark (SRM 20) blackish brown body....nose heavy with coffee, bitter chocolate, mild hop....taste is dry with coffee, chocolate with a medium lingering bitter finish...mouth feel is medium, carbonation light...a nice rich roasted malty porter with malty bitterness to finish. Not as good as Fullers, but not far behind.

On tap at Pour 24 in LV. Pours a big thick black with little head. Great aroma of roasted grain, chocolate. Thick smooth roasted grain and chocolate taste. Really good porter and much bigger than your standard porter.

Bottle. Moderate malt and hop notes of toasted, light coffee, milk chocolate and resin, light note of earth for the yeast, with cola and tar in the background. Head is small, frothy, light brown with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is clear dark brown. Flavor is moderately sweet and lightly acidic to start, then finishes lightly acidic and bittersweet. Palate is medium, watery and has a lively carbonation. A good Porter, could’ve been more complex, but an easy drinker.

Aroma: Complex aroma of roasted malts, burnet coffee, dried fruits and chocolate. Appearance: The beer poured deep, dark and brown with a tall tan head. The head crashed leaving a ring of head. Flavor: It tasted of dried fruits, roasted malts and burnt chocolate. It was surprising very malt. The bitterness framed the malty sweetness. Mouth Feel: A medium bodied beer with some effervescence. Overall Impression: The second beer tasted better than the first. An easy beer to drink, full flavored.

Pours black with a khaki head. Aroma of chocolate and some coffee. Flavor is very smoky and just grows towards the finish. Also some dark chocolate and a bit of coffee. Medium to heavy carbonation, rich mouthfeel. A nice porter.

Had this at the draught house here in austin the day it came out, and met the sales rep for deschutes. The beer had a small head, the color was pretty dark. This beer took me by surprise because it was not a big porter by no means. it was more of inbetween a brown and a porter. the backend had some smoke to it. This was a very easy to drink beer. You could gulp it no problems, but then you would not taste the beer. I would find myself picking this up again, and I know my wife will like it. I am glad they that texas (specifically austin) has gotten this beer. It certainly adds more variety to some of the great beers we have here. The bars in austin that carry this are, flying saucer, draught house, gingerman, woodrows, and opal divine. also the bottles should start showing up around october or so 2008. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 04-09-2008 02:26:00

I was pleasantly surprised to find this in a specs at random. Pours a deep rich dark chocolate color with a tiny tan head. Smells of coffee and dark chocolate. Tastes amazing, toasted coffee, followed by chocolate smoothness. A delightful beer. This