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Deschutes Black Butte XX

Deschutes Black Butte XX

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An Imperial/Strong Porter brewed by
Deschutes Brewery

Bend, Oregon USA

bottled
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1993.98/5.03.97/5.0Special11%84.3Snifter P  Stats

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XX. It usually means bigger. Richer. And we can think of no better way to describe the taste of this even-bolder take on our classic, Black Butte Porter. Black Butte XX is an imperial porter with a lot more malt and hops, a wealth of coffee, cocoa nibs and aged in bourbon oak barrels. XX. It also means 20. Enjoy one during our 20th anniversary. On the flavor scale - It’s legendary.

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 fiulijn (5900), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Draught at the Freakin’ Frog, Las Vegas
Black color, with generous brown creamy head. Strange brew, with flavors of coffee, medicines, liquorice, but all together rather interesting. The body is quite strong and with some sweetness; the final quite balanced and without the ashtray feeling of many Imperial Stouts. Pleasant.


 BDR (1929), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 12, 2008  
bottles GABF 2008 & Skyview. Well, this was clearly a porter. Huge coffee aroma with massive hops ht to it. A body light enough despite the alcohol to remind me what it’s supposed to be. Faint oak and well balanced bourbon - barely perceptible in fact.


 hophead75 (1700), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 12, 2008  
Another great beer shared by Yobdoog. Almost black in color with a light brown head. Aroma of strong chocolate, burnt/roasted grain, molasses, oak, and mild bourbon. The flavors are really well integrated, strong coffee, roast (more of the black patent than roasted barley), molasses, body is full for an imperial porter, with touches of wood and very mild bourbon. Finishes bitter with lingering coffee, hints of fruit with a touch of alcohol and some light hop bitterness. Thanks Trevor!


mpersinger (32), , California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 11, 2008  
22 oz. Pours opaque deep brown. Looks like espresso and tastes like espresso, with molasses, oak and bourbon. Heavy, slick body with a bourbon finish that burns (in a good way).


 biz82 (1325), austin, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 11, 2008  
Pours black with a creamy brown head, Pleasant chocolate, vanilla, leather, caramel aroma. Big smooth body. Flavors of coffee, cocoa and vanilla. Has a nice acrid edge. Relatively low but lingering bitterness and mellow hop flavor. Quite good overall but a touch disjointed.



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