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Deschutes The Abyss

Deschutes The Abyss

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An Imperial Stout brewed by
Deschutes Brewery

Bend, Oregon USA

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4204.16/5.04.16/5.0Winter11%93.2 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This special Reserve Series brew will only be offered December – February (limited distribution)
The Abyss: Stout brewed with licorice and molasses with 33% aged in oak and oak bourbon barrels. It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s mysterious. Aged in French Oak and Bourbon barrels, this special brew has immeasureable depth inviting you to explore and discover it’s rich, comples profile. The flavor of molasses and licorice draw you in further and further with each sip. The Abyss beckons. Enjoy the journey.

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 Ungstrup (10824), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 9, 2007    Updated: Feb 2, 2008
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a lazing brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of chocolate, and lesser notes of bourbon. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of chocolate, medium notes of caramel, and light notes of bourbon, leading to a bitter finish.


 omhper (10140), Stockholm, Sweden
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/54/102/58/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Bottled at Petalax Beer Festival. Pitch black, firm dark brown head. Sweet and full bodied with tarry licorice and syrupy coffee. Almost completely dominated by sugar and syrup. The oak os in balanced levels, but the sweetness not. It gets inky with crude oil and tar, feels sticky and messy. I quite adore most of Deschutes beers, this is just, well not good.


 Papsoe (9663), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 9, 2007  
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of moejuck. Pours completely black and opaque with a creamy, light brown head. Hard roasted malt aroma. Medium-bodied with very burned, coffeeish malt accents and a distinct malt astringent bitter finish. Very solid. 070907


 Oakes (6784), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 11, 2007  
Draught, Archer Ale House

This is pretty fucking black, with a medium brown head. The aroma shows milk chocolate, pecans, wood, alcohol and a touch of ill-fitting whisky. Full body. Creamy, milk chocolatey. Light woody hop notes and standard impy roast. Clean, full-flavoured and very typical PNW hoppy impy type. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing to seperate it from the pack either.


 joergen (6141), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 11, 2007  
Bottle. Black coloured with a beige head. Roasted aroma of chocolate and coffee. Roasted flavour of dark chocolate and coffee. Dry roasted finish.




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