Beer In Front Awards: Deschutes Black Butte Porter

So I’ll be posting each beer I rate for the 2022 Beer In Front Awards. Visit the website at beerinfront.com and the Awards page.

My next beer for judging is one of the beers I have been drinking for over 30 years. It is the first dark beer that rocked my socks off. It is the Deschutes Black Butte Porter.

The appearance is not so grand. It has an almost completely opaque dark brown/black color with a tan head that barely elevated a 1/3” and dissipated to a light film almost immediately. I rated this a 7 for appearance.

The aroma is nice, but also not super impressive. It has a light roasty and more burnt toffee aroma. And that is it. So it gets a 7 for aroma.

The flavor is mostly that burnt toffee but it is so pleasant and not too sweet. I really love the flavor of this beer. So I give it a 9 for flavor.

My overall rating is just an average of the scores. I drink a 6 pack of this beer at least once every 3 months. I really do enjoy it despite the overall 8 rating.