Deschutes The Abyss

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Bend, Oregon USA

Black with a brown head. Big roasted/blackened malty aroma with chocolate and bourbon. Thick,chewy mouthfeel. Huge, rich flavors of blackened malts with earthy sweet black licorice and dark chocolates. A mild oak essence just adds more depth, as if this beer needs any more. Fantastic freakin’ beer here.

Bottle shared with GMCC2181, Thanks Homie. Poured pitch black with tan head. Nice aroma of chocolate and roasted malts with an alcohol finish. Taste was Same as aroma and finished smooth. Thick texture. Enjoyed til the last drop.

Bottle from sparky27 and STFUN. Blackness in a bottle... nice toffee colored head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malt. Taste is roasted malt, chocolate, nice and smooth. Good texture thick but not overly thick. No trace of alcohol. Creamy as well. Average carbonation. Good beer. Thanks guys!

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’07 version poured into an Old Guardian tulip glass Appearance is absolutely amazing, pours the brownest hue, head is three fingers of creamy, sparkling frothy head that cascades upward and amazingly sustains over tiime, big milky lacing on the glass. Smell is also excellent, sweet milk chocolate dominate, some roasted malts, slight anise, molasses, gingerbread, bourbon alcohol, and a surprising presence of fresh earthy/grassy hops. Taste is superb, sweet milk chocolate rides a wave of underlying ginger/bread malts, bourbon and alcohol warming enters midway as do bittering hops, cocoa sweetness rebounds and finishes with alcohol warming on the soft palate through the back of the throat. Mouthfeel is full-bodied, smooth and creamy texture, lively carbonation that is a touch prickly. Drinkability is high, this is my new favorite IRS, I’m a big fan of the sweeter chocolate malts compared to the uber-bitter coffee malts, great all around appearance/aroma/flavors, I think the balancing hops are impressive as well considering they don’t detract from the dominant malt profile, I sure am glad I was able to secure a case of this, I am sure this will age well in the coming years!

Pitch black with a dark tan head. Licorice and expresso dominate with a strong dry bitter expresso finish that detracted from the beer overall. I was a bit dissappointed and thought that the Deschutes Black Butte XX was more balanced with more complex flavors.

black with tan head. oak, bourbon coffee aroma. smooth palate and a dark dark taste. Lots of the licorice and dark sugar.

pretty dark but showing glimmers of an orangish brown in the light. thin dark tan head. remarkably vivid brownie aroma, chocolate galore. thick lucious chocolate flavors...signifantly sweet, but perfectly so. biscuity chocolate everywhere...hop bitterness is there but completely balanced by the sweetness ...slightly roasty but only enough to round out the chocolate flavors and bridge them with the subtely spiced hops. this is one of those imperial stouts that is really hard to find faults with....well done!