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Deschutes Black Butte XXI 3.98 408

Deschutes Black Butte XXI

Percentile
99
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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4084/5.03.98/5.0Special11%93.2Snifter
Commercial Description:
XX - 20th Anniversary, released 2008
XXI - 21st Anniversary, released 2009

This masterpiece is a tribute to Black Butte Porter, the revolutionary Deschutes Brewery beer that has excited beer enthusiasts since 1988. This special Reserve Series release is a colossal version of Black Butte Porter. Our brewers enhanced Black Butte XXI by adding some Theo’s Chocolate cocoa nibs from Seattle, dry-hopping it with 100 pounds of Bellatazza’s locally roasted coffee, and then aging a portion of it in Stranahan’s Colorado whiskey barrels. These regional partners provided quality artisan ingredients that give this commemorative beer a truly handcrafted complexity.
Released as Black Butte XX in 2008 to celebrate our 20th Anniversary.
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 mjg74 (2000), La Mesa, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 5, 2008  
Bottle from Windy City. Black pour with a smallish dirty brownish head. Strong roasted malty aroma. Quite a bit of chocolate and coffee. A little alcohol as well. Rich roasted flavor with some sweetness. Good roasted coffee flavors. A little bitterness and alcohol in the finish. A very potent and tasty brew.


 michael-pollack (2719), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 28, 2009  
22oz. Bottle: Complex aroma of burnt malts, cocoa, slight coffee, chocolate, slight vanilla, slight bourbon, light wood, and tobacco. Poured very dark brown in color with a small, light brown head that diminished but lasted throughout as a film on top of the beer. Clear. Not sparkling. Flavor is medium to heavily sweet. Tastes of roasted malts, slight vanilla, chocolate, light coffee, light bourbon, light wood, light caramel, slight tobacco, and a hint of piney hops. Medium to full body. Viscous, dry texture. Soft to average carbonation. Dark roasted malt, chocolate, light coffee, slight bourbon, slight vanilla finish is dry. 11%ABV is totally hidden.


 Dickinsonbeer (3496), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 7, 2009  
Bomber shared by Yobdoog - Thanks! Pours a nice deep oily black with a lasting thin tan-orange head. Aorma is tons of deep toasted and charred mals, along with a good amount of bourbon and chocolate malt- lots of coffee packed in as well. Chocoalte flavro upfront with more charr and roast in the middle- bourbon vanilla, coffee and a dry nuttiness in the end- some tar and licorice notes as is warmed up a bit. Pretty smooth overall and a very complex interested Impy stout. I liked it.


 TimE (1347), Tokyo, Japan
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 6, 2009  
Pitch black color, light brown head. Charcoal, marshmallows, dark chocolate, big coffee beans, vanilla, dark chocolate, marshmallows, big espresso mouth. WOW, the espresso beans REALLY jump out. Fun stuff.


 bu11zeye (5608), Frisco, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 27, 2008  
(22oz. bottle) Pours a dark brown (near black) body with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, oak, smoke, ashes, chocolate, and coffee. Flavor of roasted malt, light smoke, and oak.


 cstuartj (326), Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Jun 30, 2008  
Bottle. Oily black, heavy, thick. Nose is heavenly, lots of coffee, burnt chocolate, toasted malts and a nice background of sweet Bourbon. So thick and velvety on the tongue, just coats the mouth in malts and dark coffee. finishes with a very pleasant Bourbon taste. Yummy!


 Tmoney99 (4776), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Pours black color with a huge frothy brown head that was lasting with excellent lacing. Heavy toasted dark chocolate, wood and spicy malt aroma. Medium to full body with a thick smooth texture. Heavy roasted bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet spice finish of long duration. This is a standout porter.


 MIBRomeo (1965), Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/516/20
Oct 14, 2007  
2007 GABF Black pour nice tan head, well laced. Nice java & chocolate, aroma, roast malts, very nice. Palate is pretty avg. Sweet chocolates, followed by a big fresh coffee kick w/ a touch of cream. Fantastic coffee beer, I can’t wait to get more of this.



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