Tonight's beer: Deschutes The Abyss (2012)
Explosive roasty bitterness—dark unsweetened chocolate, coffee, espresso—with dark dried/candied/burnt fruits woven in; background threads of molasses, caramel, vanilla. Earth and maybe grass lurk in the distance. Traces of red wine, oak, spice linger in the aftertaste as the beer dries out to the horizon.
Thick and massive, chewy and sticky, decently carbonated. Surprisingly smooth and supple, distressingly subtle—it's practically impossible to tell beer is packing 11.1% ABV. Softly drying, if a bit coating. Maybe some boozy prickle on the finish, with a hint of a glow.
This is a serious, no-shitting delicious beer, one of my favorites; I swear, I can feel it drinking me back. The description on the label gets more involved every year, but the beer is consistently delicious; and the changes are evolutionary: The beer is always recognizable. Toweringly intense and staggeringly complex, magnificently well-integrated and more balanced than one might expect (bitter balanced against bitter, with dark sweetness throwing that into a deftly poised stark relief). In a word: amazing.
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| Deschutes The Abyss (2012) |
Explosive roasty bitterness—dark unsweetened chocolate, coffee, espresso—with dark dried/candied/burnt fruits woven in; background threads of molasses, caramel, vanilla. Earth and maybe grass lurk in the distance. Traces of red wine, oak, spice linger in the aftertaste as the beer dries out to the horizon.
Thick and massive, chewy and sticky, decently carbonated. Surprisingly smooth and supple, distressingly subtle—it's practically impossible to tell beer is packing 11.1% ABV. Softly drying, if a bit coating. Maybe some boozy prickle on the finish, with a hint of a glow.
This is a serious, no-shitting delicious beer, one of my favorites; I swear, I can feel it drinking me back. The description on the label gets more involved every year, but the beer is consistently delicious; and the changes are evolutionary: The beer is always recognizable. Toweringly intense and staggeringly complex, magnificently well-integrated and more balanced than one might expect (bitter balanced against bitter, with dark sweetness throwing that into a deftly poised stark relief). In a word: amazing.
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