All posts tagged Abyss

  • Fermented Photo: Beer Shrapnel
    2012/01/13, No comments

    Shrapnel from the annual New Year’s Eve Tasting. La Ferme de la Ville Provision (2011), Belgian Farmhouse, Block 15 La Folie (2011), Sour Brown, New Belgium Clutch (2011), Dark Sour, New Belgium Kriek (2011), Barrel Aged Kriek, ...

  • 2011 Abyss Release Party at Deschutes Portland Pub
    2011/10/30, No comments

    Nov. 15, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Deschutes Brewery Portland Public House 210 NW 11th Ave., Portland (503) 296-4906 We promised details, and he they are!  You’ll see me there for a four year vertical.  If you haven’t had the wi ...

  • Fermented Photo: Abyss 2011 from Deschutes Brewery
    2011/10/28, No comments

    Sorry for the cell-phone-nature of this photo, but I had limited time due to things like being required to drink a (different) vertical of beer, write about it, and photograph the process. Oh, the horror! I know, there could be worse ways t ...

  • Fermented Photo: 2010 Deschutes Brewery Abyss
    2010/12/03, No comments

    Straight on the heels of Deschutes Brewery’s release of The Dissident, out comes the Abyss.  With larger quantities than The Dissident, this beer should be a bit easier to find both at the pubs and in stores.  Wait too long though, ...

  • Cellaring Beer and the 2010 New Year’s Day Tasting
    2010/01/06, 3 Comments

    Another year is upon us, and that means another Annual New Year’s Day Tasting for my family.  Overall, the tasting went great, but there were a few mistakes made that we can look forward to cleaning up next year.  In this article, w ...

  • Fermented Photo: 2009 Deschutes Abyss
    2009/11/06, No comments

    2009 Deschutes Abyss. The lines stretched around the building on the release day.  Doesn’t anyone have anything to do at 2:00pm on a Tuesday?  Don’t I have anything to do?  Well, yes.  I was planning to swoop in, pick up a h ...

  • 12 Days of Abyss (Final Installment)
    2008/03/05, No comments

    Welcome to the Abyss. OK. I tried. It was a dare. Actually, it was a bet. But it was a bet without money, and that’s pretty much just a dare. The idea was to buy a case of Deschutes’ Abyss and drink one a day for 12 days. Simple ...

  • 12 days of Abyss (part 4) (DO NOT TYR THIS ATHOME!}
    2008/02/26, 1 Comment

    Tonight’s intake (at home, on the couch, with a sitter): 1) Lazy Boy IPA (22oz)2) Stone Old Guardian (22oz)3) Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard (12oz)4) Deschutes’ The Abyss (22oz) OK. Normally, I’d segregate and enjoy my beers ...

  • 12 Days of Abyss (Part 3)
    2008/02/07, No comments

    So far, I’ve done a good job of talking about the idea of the beer, now I’m going to talk about the actual beer. Deschutes’ The Abyss is categorized as an Imperial Stout. I’m going to slide it into the Russian Imperi ...

  • 12 Days of Abyss (Part 2)
    2008/02/03, No comments

    11 bottles of beer in a box, 11 bottles of beer, take one out… You’ll notice something strange in the photo below. When I got the case home, there was already one missing. Don’t worry, it’s not a mistake. Within ten ...