Deschutes Black Butte XXV

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  1. KWMiles

    KWMiles Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2012 Minnesota

    gawd, i love that beer.

    don't give a shit what the label says, enjoying the inside is really all that matters.
     
  2. readicculus

    readicculus Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2005 Pennsylvania

    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/5171/83677

    Apparently a white/pale stout is actually a barleywine. :wink:
     
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  3. 1up

    1up Initiate (0) Mar 5, 2013 District of Columbia

  4. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    This thread is hilarious, history says that a stout is a strong porter created for shipping long distances.
    So in a nutshell they are the same / kinda / sorta / Ok I dont care / really.
     
  5. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    Ok here.

    If we go back to the latter half of the 18th century and the first part of the 19th century, stout, more particularly brown stout, was simply the name for the strongest version of porter. Here's a quote from a book called "A General Dictionary of Commerce, Trade and Manufactures," published in 1810:

    "Porter may be divided into two classes, namely brown-stout and porter properly so called … Brown-stout is only a fuller-bodied kind of porter than that which serves for ordinary drinking. A great deal of this is exported to America and the West Indies."
     
  6. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

  7. jtmartino

    jtmartino Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 California

    XXII never made it to distro aside from local sales. There's a lot of information about it floating around online.
     
  8. EyePeeAyBryan

    EyePeeAyBryan Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2011 Arizona
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    Was there just a ton of XXIV last year or do people in AZ just not care for this brew? We've got cases and cases of last year's still around and it's pretty much available in every bottle shop...
     
  9. derftron

    derftron Pooh-Bah (1,639) Feb 8, 2012 Oregon
    Pooh-Bah Society

    I would think that hot weather states do not drink strong porters/stouts as much as northern states ( I would be curious to see a study done on this).

    I know one of the last things I look to do on a 90 degree day after mowing the lawn is chug down a 10% syrupy porter.
     
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  10. FriarTuckInLuck

    FriarTuckInLuck Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2011 Arizona

    The bottle I drank on release was pretty meh, so I can see people passing up on this. The two times I had it on tap were sublime however, so I picked up a few more bottles.
     
  11. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    Grab it!! It is one of the good ones.
     
  12. KWMiles

    KWMiles Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2012 Minnesota

    infected, bra.
     
  13. jtmartino

    jtmartino Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 California

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  14. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    Someone need a bra? or a Bro? Or a mansier?
     
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  15. carppdiem

    carppdiem Initiate (0) Mar 23, 2013 Washington

    So let's hear it....anybody in Portland or Bend get to drink this today?

    I'm wondering how long it will take to see this in the Seattle area....guess I'll have to ask the beer dude at Total Wine what he's got on order. I should also ask if it's possible to have them hold a bottle or case for me. I'd even pay in advance....
     
  16. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    Not yet but I will at 4pm, fill you in later this evening :sunglasses:
     
  17. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    Not infected
     
  18. Cubatobaco

    Cubatobaco Pooh-Bah (2,057) Jan 27, 2013 Virginia
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    Same here, brother...
     
  19. russpowell

    russpowell Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,256) May 24, 2005 Arkansas
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    We got plenty of XXIV in SW Missouri this year, now Abyss was another story. Can't wait for the XXV!
     
  20. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    ok so here is my $.02, I liked it well enough but it is Tart and a tad sour not over the top but enough that I dispensed with buying a full case and went for 3 bottles only, I am hoping it will mellow a little in the next year.
    Don't get me wrong I think they did good on this beer. I would order it again at $6 for a 9oz pour, which I will do in Bend OR over the 4th of July holiday. Hope this gives you a little insight on the XXV. Also had a XXI, yummy.
    Happy drinking!!
    Oh and on the XXII it was un-dissolved Chocolate they still served in kegs but could only get about 3/4 keg and throw the rest out.
     
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