Tonight's beer:
Opens deep and dark, a swelling flood of dark chocolate and coffee backed by molasses and caramel and maple syrup, dark bread and toast in the structure. Earthy-peaty bitterness skitters through the middle, paired with a wispy veil of smoke. A momentary flicker of vanilla. Slides smoothly to gently dry through the lingering and sloping finish.
Thick and dense and astonishingly smooth, some fine-prickly carbonation is mostly overwhelmed by a slab of soft chewiness and stalactites of syrupy stickiness. Reluctantly drying, struggling toward clean. An imposing amount of alcohol is carried with subtlety and grace and a distressing amount of stealth.
Wow. The Abyss is a beer I love lots in its normal configuration; this takes that awesome beer and elevates it (something I don't think I would have thought possible).Tons of intensity, bafflingly complex; I don't know if "balanced" applies to a beer like this, but it's beautifully well-integrated. Magnificently drinkable, but potent enough to be careful with. Just a stupidly awesome beer, made stupider and awesomer.
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| Deschutes The Abyss (2016, Scotch Barrel Aged) |
Opens deep and dark, a swelling flood of dark chocolate and coffee backed by molasses and caramel and maple syrup, dark bread and toast in the structure. Earthy-peaty bitterness skitters through the middle, paired with a wispy veil of smoke. A momentary flicker of vanilla. Slides smoothly to gently dry through the lingering and sloping finish.
Thick and dense and astonishingly smooth, some fine-prickly carbonation is mostly overwhelmed by a slab of soft chewiness and stalactites of syrupy stickiness. Reluctantly drying, struggling toward clean. An imposing amount of alcohol is carried with subtlety and grace and a distressing amount of stealth.
Wow. The Abyss is a beer I love lots in its normal configuration; this takes that awesome beer and elevates it (something I don't think I would have thought possible).Tons of intensity, bafflingly complex; I don't know if "balanced" applies to a beer like this, but it's beautifully well-integrated. Magnificently drinkable, but potent enough to be careful with. Just a stupidly awesome beer, made stupider and awesomer.
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