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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...