Deschutes Black Butte XXV
Deschutes Black Butte XXV
Rated 3.520 by BeerPals
Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Bend, OR, United States
Style: Imperial Porter
11.3% Alcohol by Volume
64 International Bittering Units
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Dates, figs and chocolate. Black currants, barrel-aged in bourbon casks. The result is an Imperial Porter with a tart berry and chocolate aroma with luscious layers of dried fruit, oak and vanilla. A fitting tribute to the 25th Anniversary of our flagship beer.
ID: 54062 Last updated 10 years ago Added to database 10 years agoKey Stats
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Statistics
| Overall Rank | 2873 |
| Overall Percentile | 94.6 |
| Style Rank | 63 of 335 |
| Style Percentile | 81.2 |
| Lowest Score | 4.2 |
| Highest Score | 4.4 |
| Average Score | 4.300 |
| Weighted Score | 3.520 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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2 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
Pours a deep coffee brown with a yellowish buff head. Aroma has caramel, coffee, chocolate and fruity notes. Fruity, caramel and chocolate notes stand firmly on a foundation of roast malt that complements all of the notes very nicely. Smooth, firm and fairly fizzy texture leaves a nice finish. Catch all the Black Buttes you can!
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
I've really liked past incarnations of this brew, but like abyss, thought the tweaks they've started to make were not for the better. This year, though, i was excited that they upped the bourbon barreling to 50% of the blend. I was simultaneously worried about the addition of more fruit, especially the black currants (12.5% of the blend, slighltly soured too I read somewhere)...and I was right to be. The extra bourbon is completely covered up by the fruit and the tartness clashes with instead of compliments the decadence of the base beer and the bourbon. Not that it doesn't work some. It's delicious, but it's also my least favorite BB Anniversary blend since they started bottling these 5 years ago.
