Deschutes Black Butte XXV

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  1. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    Thursday the 27th in Portland Oregon , I'll be there with open arms
     
  2. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    I do not believe it will be soured, I'll check again but I didn't read this any where and I follow
    This pretty close
     
  3. Pahn

    Pahn Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2009 New York

    they flash pasteurize everything from their barrel program as far as i know. therefore, i think the blend will probably be awesome, and not ruin the beer.

    as for the idiotic "best after" date they add to beers like this, i would ignore that...
     
  4. Lorianneb

    Lorianneb Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2012 New Jersey

    " but we soured a small portion of the final blend."

    If it gives it a dried fruit kind of tang, that's ok by me. But, I just hope it doesn't make it a sour stout/porter
     
  5. Cyclone8

    Cyclone8 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2011 Minnesota
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    You need an X-tra X in all of those, my friend:slight_smile:
     
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  6. derftron

    derftron Pooh-Bah (1,639) Feb 8, 2012 Oregon
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    had XXII in a Portland bar a few years ago. Didnt realize what I was drinking at the time and how rare it was. always wondered why I could never find it again. It was truly a great beer
     
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  7. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    A small portion will be soured, does not a sour beer make.
     
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  8. jtmartino

    jtmartino Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 California


    They did release it...very briefly, and only in Bend, I believe. They sold it at the brewpub for a bit and the brewery itself.

    I've tried it a few times on tap at local Deschutes tap takeovers during SF Beer week. I've also had it in the bottle at a local bottle share (uber rare). They also served it via bottles at the Portland brewpub either last year or the year before. Agreed that it is absolutely delicious!
     
  9. watermelonman

    watermelonman Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2004 California

    While there is certainly a lot of truth in what you say, especially in modern American brewing, traditionally smoked malt draws the line between porter and stout. I still judge beer in this way, a porter with apparent smoke will lose points, as will a stout without.
     
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  10. Pahn

    Pahn Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2009 New York

    by 'traditionally' are you referring to your own tradition?
     
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  11. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    The XXV does not even real ease until today.
     
  12. JulianB

    JulianB Initiate (0) Feb 1, 2012 South Carolina


    Didn't know they actually sold any bottles to go, those must be very rare indeed. I had it from the bottle last summer at the US Olympic trials in Eugene during one of the nightly reserve series beer tastings Deschutes was doing, and it was wonderful. I did see the problem with the sediment from the cocoa butter, but it didn't negatively affect the flavor of the beer, chocolatey deliciousness was everywhere.
     
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  13. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    That being said they have not released the XXV yet anywhere, it gets released today, they do not do pre-releases of this beer.
     
  14. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    Yes they sell bottles limited to 6 22oz when released I will pick up a case today, (when it is released).
     
  15. JulianB

    JulianB Initiate (0) Feb 1, 2012 South Carolina


    Oh I meant the XXII. I was under the impression from the Deschutes reps I talked to they never released bottles for sale.
     
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  16. tectactoe

    tectactoe Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2012 Michigan
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    The label for FFF's "Permanent Funeral" simply says "Pale Ale" (it's even called a pale ale in the description of the beer straight from the brewery's mouth), but it clocks in at over 10% ABV and 100 IBUs.

    I want you to argue to me that it is really just a pale ale because "the label says so".
     
  17. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    That is wierd, maybe they want it for themselves :grinning:, ive have picked up bottles every year it has been released so far.
     
  18. starkmarvelo

    starkmarvelo Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2010 Texas

    Not because the label says so, because the people who brewed the beer say so.
     
  19. tectactoe

    tectactoe Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2012 Michigan
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  20. BrettHead

    BrettHead Initiate (0) Sep 18, 2010 Nebraska

    Time for someone to start making pale ale's and calling them white stouts (or would that be white porters?).
     
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