The Abyss 2017 Reserve
Deschutes Brewery
- From:
- Deschutes Brewery
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11.4%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.51 | pDev: 5.54%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 14, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 22, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Brewed with black strap molasses and licorice, dry spiced with cherry bark and vanilla bean. 50% aged in bourbon, wine and new Oregon oak barrels.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by bbtkd:
Reviewed by bbtkd from South Dakota
4.34/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Deschutes The Abyss 2017 Reserve BBA Imperial Stout, 11.4% ABV. Pours thick and black with a real nice three-finger medium-brown head that was sturdy, ultimately leaving lots of foamy lacing. Nose is bourbon, licorice, oak, and moleasses. Taste follows, faintly sweet, slightly bitter, slight bourbon burn. Excellent mouthfeel, overall Excellent, and improving as it warms. Nicely complex.
May 20, 2023More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
4.37/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.37/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tried this bottle in March, 2024.
Super dark black color with a thick tan head. Head was incredibly thick!. Lacing streaks the glass! Nose is soft cocoa, assume from the aging. Not much char on the nose or taste, which makes me think the aging softened the beer. Smooth chocolate and coffee flavors. Very good aged beer.
Mar 13, 2024Super dark black color with a thick tan head. Head was incredibly thick!. Lacing streaks the glass! Nose is soft cocoa, assume from the aging. Not much char on the nose or taste, which makes me think the aging softened the beer. Smooth chocolate and coffee flavors. Very good aged beer.
Reviewed by trevormajor from Ohio
5/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
22 oz bottle, born on 10/30/17, poured into a snifter at 55 degrees F:
L - dark and silky with a hazelnut head that quickly dissipated
S - licorice, molasses, bourbon
T - licorice, molasses, bourbon, a bit of sherry
F - medium mouthfeel and light carbonation
O - excellent beer, complex with many flavors blended together
Feb 14, 2022L - dark and silky with a hazelnut head that quickly dissipated
S - licorice, molasses, bourbon
T - licorice, molasses, bourbon, a bit of sherry
F - medium mouthfeel and light carbonation
O - excellent beer, complex with many flavors blended together
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