Anniversary Black Butte XXXIV

Name: Anniversary Black Butte XXXIV
Brand: Deschutes Brewery
Rating: 4.05 (67 reviews)

Deschutes Brewery

Bend, OR

Tavour Rating

4.05

Style

Porter - Imperial / Double Coffee

ABV

11.0%

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About This Beer

To honor the brewery's 34th birthday, Deschutes paid tribute to their beloved Black Butte Porter with a little inspiration from a classic Italian dessert — tiramisu.

The crew crafted Anniversary Black Butte XXXIV with coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and milk sugar and aged it in bourbon barrels for a full-bodied Imperial Porter that invites you to cheer “cin-cin!”

Tasting Notes

Each taste unfolds in layers, echoing the flavors of the decadent cake. Sweet mocha leads the nose, accented by a certain tobacco-like savor. Then, the brew’s roasty malts combine with notes of baking cocoa and coffee for a dark, mildly bitter sip, graced by a hint of char.

Vanilla, oak, and a silky mouthfeel soften each swig, while a bit of boozy spice rounds out the tiramisu impression.

Creamy Dark Barrel Aged Boozy Chocolatey

Noteworthy Ingredients

Lactose Chocolate Bourbon Barrels Coffee Vanilla Beans

Reviews

4.05

67 Ratings

nyhopster

4.25

what a great dessert imperial porter from one of the best. big milk chocolate flavors throughout then finishes with boozy coffee. the only knock I have is just a touch too bitter aftertaste for me

Minuteman29

5.0

One of my favorites through the years!

matt8235

3.75

lots of coffee

rodney314

2.0

Sadly the taste of the tobacco over runs all the other notes, which gives it an bitter aftertaste….

D185

4.0

tasted only 5 months after release, hasn’t mellowed but still enjoyable. I had higher hopes but couldn’t wait.

Brewser81

4.25

let it warm up before drinking

Kuga

4.0

Good, thin porter mouthfeel. Semi-sweet chocolate with a bitter coffee note.

HoppyHazyVibe

3.0

Great mouth feel when it gets to room temp.

tim14644

2.0

oof

shawn2443

4.5

Tremendous! Sweet, rich chocolate flavor with a coffee kicker on the back end.

bjornidentity

4.5

Oh DESCHUTES, after all these years your 34th Black Butte-y has still got it baby!

SotaHaze

3.75

Coffee forward. Cocoa and a little whiskey come out as it warms. Thick mouthfeel, rich notes of coffee and bitter chocolate. Really would like more of the barrel and vanilla.

calbear

4.25

Excellent and well blended brew. Very smooth with good coffee and chocolate notes.