Black Butte XXIX

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  1. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Nice try, but I'll be keeping my BB Birthday beers. :wink::sunglasses:
     
    #21 BBThunderbolt, Jul 18, 2017
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  2. sharpski

    sharpski Grand Pooh-Bah (3,100) Oct 11, 2010 Oregon
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    I haven't been in since, but I can almost guarantee you it's no longer available. I'd put the average lifespan for these and the Abyss verticals at about 4 days at the pub.
     
    #22 sharpski, Jul 18, 2017
  3. ChugChugPass

    ChugChugPass Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2017 Washington

    Just had XXIX on tap and it wasnt nearly as good as the bottle, interesting.
     
    #23 ChugChugPass, Jul 28, 2017
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  4. shnsajax

    shnsajax Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2013 Idaho

    In the bottle, how much did it have to warm up?
     
    #24 shnsajax, Jul 28, 2017
  5. MattyPrize

    MattyPrize Initiate (0) Jul 7, 2011 Oregon

    Just had XXIX at the Bend pub and thought it was great. Much better than the other "fresh" vintages I've had in years past. Inspired me to go though my bottles to see what I still have. Looks like I've got every year since XXI.
     
    #25 MattyPrize, Jul 28, 2017
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  6. kingsleyr

    kingsleyr Initiate (0) Jun 20, 2005 Washington

    Did a 5 yr vert at beer junction, found this year's disappointing. No where near the complexity of prior years. Bland even. Just a little cinnamon. 27 and 28 were great.
     
    #26 kingsleyr, Jul 29, 2017
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  7. ChugChugPass

    ChugChugPass Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2017 Washington

    Not entirely sure what you mean, but if you mean temperature i opened it at about cellar temp (55) and then took an hour or so to drink it. Just seemed to have so much more flavor.

    Could be that it was fine on its own but bland compared to the other 4 years in the vertical.

    @kingsleyr thats where I had it too!
     
    #27 ChugChugPass, Jul 29, 2017
  8. cherche

    cherche Pooh-Bah (2,476) Mar 27, 2013 Washington
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    i was lucky enough to do that taster tray 2 years ago and it was a great time and experience. if i recall correctly my favorite was the oldest of the bunch (24 that year) but honestly i loved all of them other than 26, which i though was just very good :slight_smile:
     
    #28 cherche, Jul 30, 2017
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  9. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Still haven't seen it up here yet. But, yesterday I was in Whole Foods, and the Deschutes rep happened to be there. I asked him why no love, and the WF guy pipes in and says "It's landing tomorrow". So, I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
     
    #29 BBThunderbolt, Aug 1, 2017
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  10. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Just got to try it for the first time on Sunday. Very nice beer, though as others have mentioned, it could benefit from some short term cellaring.

    On the other hand, it's way more approachable and drinkable than the regular 2016 Abyss is.
     
    #30 John_M, Aug 1, 2017
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