Abyss

Nwipa sold out last night

 

Shortly I've seen, but not usually 9 days. Maybe the real question is why did Deschutes plan their "launch" for next week rather than this week?

 

Imperial has it now

 

Not sure if I'm the only one who is confused, but are you talking about regular Abyss, or the variants? I though variants wouldn't be coming out until next week?

 

Never mind, I missed a few posts on page 1. Looks like it's the variants.

 

Hollywood bev had it last night. got a bottle. said they only received 9 bottles

sounds like its pretty dang limited.
Rye bottles supposed to drop next week

 

Not new info, but I got an email newsletter from Deschutes yesterday.

https://www.deschutesbrewery.com/the-abyss-rye-cognac-remarkably-limited-release/

 

Translation: We got a case, but three people on staff each wanted a bottle.

 

exactly. cant blame em

 

Me either. There's not a lot of perks to this line of work, and getting first crack at the occasional rare beer is one of them. I'm honestly surprised that 9 of them made it out on the shelf.

On a semi-related note, I called to find out why we didn't receive any today, and was told that a few accounts received cases over the last couple days because the cases were not properly "locked down", and that the "issue" had been fixed. No one else should be receiving them until some time next week.

 

just picked up a bottle of the cognac at chucks greenwood in seattle

 

John's has cognac behind the counter, one per @$25

 

Sounding like the shipping dock had space in a truck to fill, and tossed in the cases trying to be efficient.

 

Super cognac. Needs some time for sure!

 

FWIW...from a Columbia rep acquaintance, 116 cases cognac and 140 cases of rye for distro. Does not include pub quantities.

 

Zupan's on Burnside has the Cognac barrel version...

 

What about the "sour-like" note mentioned in reference to the cognac version on the Deschutes website?:

The incredibly old Cognac barrels are from France, and according to Barrelmaster, Jake Harper, impart an interesting sour-like characteristic to The Abyss and is just around 12% ABV.

https://www.deschutesbrewery.com/the-abyss-rye-cognac-remarkably-limited-release/

I get a tannic, sour-ish note from some wood-aged beers, and I'm wondering if it's this kind of flavor rather than an actual sourness.

 

I wouldn't say that. But way to shoot themselves in the foot by saying sour note on a barrel aged beer. It's all straight cognac. I wish it was thicker to hold the barrel more and offset a bit, but not complaining by any means. I love cognac, so it's nice.

 

One cognac on the shelf at Zupans Belmont. Can't afford it myself.

 

With reviews like, "tart" and "good sour notes" it sounds like this beer (cognac version) will not age well but I guess we will find out. I for one will not be buying it. Regular Abyss has gone too far downhill and I don't think throwing it in a cognac or rye barrel will help much, plus B3 was not that great for the high price IMO...sorry Deschutes