Deschutes The Stoic

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours clear dark honey with a good buff head. Aroma offers honey, toasted malt and butterscotch notes. Flavor features honey, butterscotch and fresh malt. Texture produces fair body and good fizz. Be stoic.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle says best by 8/15/12. I really enjoyed this, even 7 months after its best-by date. Dark gold/orange pour with a thin white cap. Plenty of raisin, candi sugar, and yeast in the aroma. I didn't notice any pomegranate though (maybe lost with age). Taste is similar with plenty of fruity nuances to go with the oak and alcohol that comes through in the finish. Wish I would have tried this fresh to see how well it aged.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Very fruity and yeasty nose. Super clear orange beer with thick white head. A very sweet flavor, some bitter on the back. Not a huge mouthfeel but not light either. Raisins are present but it isn't a dark fruit dominate flavor. Strong alcohol burn. Not a front runner for me in the field.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Started this one too cold, i am a bit more impressed after 10-15 minutes of warming. Aromas of candy sugar, sweet fruits, oak, alcohol, floral yeasts, a little bit diffrent on each sniff. Mouthfeel is slightly stickey and thin, probably my least favorite aspect of this brew. Flavor, much like the aroma is ever changing, and subtle. Flavors of bubblegum, banana, cloves, fruity yeasts, whiskey, oak, sweet malts. Not your usual quad for sure, but this has much in common with a good wine. Sweetness, several complex flavors, and a nice warming feeling.This grew on me as the temperature rose and allowed this to open up a bit more.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

Thanks slowrunner77 - This may be among the best beers I've had - period. And without a doubt the best of the type. Pours hazy orange-amber-gold with a smallish firm white cap. The aroma is fresh yeast, floral and fills the nose. The floral character translates into a light malty sweetness on the pallette and maintains a crisp lightness from start to finish with a complexity unlike any other that I've tried. Deschutes made a very positve lasting impression on me with this one - and its worth seeking out. Again, many thanks to a great BeerPal for setting me up with this one.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

On Tap at Green Dragon, Oregon. Lighter than I expected, in colour that is, as slowrunner has already analysed better than I am capable. Yeast is pronuonced, but not terribly exciting or nuanced. Orange, flower, even in moments it seems a bit watery. Fruit shows up in a american belgo-alike way. Bad beer, certainly not, but I really can't compare this to my favorite quads. Slightly dark toast aroma, some seeds, grassy hops, sugar (unfortuantely). Hmm.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

This was not a good beer. I was at the release party where it wasn't that well received, and I've had it wtice in the bottle, and my mind has not changed. For a beer that is double fermented twice, using candy sugar...the colour is just not there. The aroma has too much going on, and it doesn't mesh. While the draught version was slightly darker than the bottled, still not a beer worth the money.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

baby cakes? .. . Pours a deep tan, medium foam head , some spots of lacing .. . plum, tar, dark fruit, brandy, and sugar .. sickly sweet .. you think these fuckin cocks will hold us??

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

22oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden orange with a medium creamy white head that goes to a thin film and laces the glass some.

The aroma is sugary caramel malts, banana and cloves, some grassy hops and quite a bit of plasticky alcohol.

The flavor is very sweet sugary malts with some fruitiness, and a bit of slightly burnt bitter alcohol in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with smooth carbonation, slightly watery.

Overall, it's a bit of a mess. Way too cloying and alcoholic. I'll take a St Bernardus anytime over this.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

of the few reviews on those other sites, this has well above average, but not amazing reviews so far. i think it is getting pigeonholed because as soon as you pour it, it's hard to think of it as a quad. pours a golden ornage color with small tight white head. fragrant and fruity, with lots of yeast and spice on the nose. i am used to darker brews for the quad style (usually) with a different fruit profile. despite being 11% and sweet, this is a decent summer beer. other than that, decent goes out the window. the aroma and flavor are as "stiringly deep and contemplative" as advertised. i honestly can't understand a couple of the reviews that think of this as a one trick pony. the belgian yeast seems to be complemented by the rye barreling, and the fruity aspects (and the fruit itself) conplemented by the wine oak. LOTS of little nuances to pick up on here. And at the end of a 22 (solo) i wanted more, which is quite rare for me. started at 45 and got warmer. awesome beer...this is why Deschutes is among my favorites!