The Craft Beer Market
Deschutes Brewery is a popular Oregon craft brewery that brews Black Butte Porter. Gary Fish founded Deschutes in 1988 as a small brewpub in downtown Bend, Oregon and named it after the Deschutes River. Today the brewery sells more than 225,000 barrels per year to 32 states and internationally. Deschutes has a brewery and tasting room less than a mile across town in Bend and a second pub in downtown Portland. The brewery is well known for its large variety of IPAs and Stouts.
Black Butte Porter
Deschutes describes Black Butte Porter as “This is the beer that started it all. With notes of rich chocolate and coffee, a luscious creaminess and a roasted finish, Black Butte Porter doesn’t only have fans‚ it has followers. Tastings, pairings, gatherings‚ there’s nothing this classic can’t do.” Here are the details:
Flavor: Chocolate, Coffee, Creamy
Malt: Dark Chocolate Malt, Wheat, Crystal 75 Malt, Premium 2-row Malt, Carapils Malt
Hops: Cascade, Tettnang
Black Butte Porter has a 5.5% ABV, a 30 IBU, 0g fat, 16-18g carbs, 1.7g protein and an estimated 192-200 calories. It has an “Outstanding” rating on Beer Advocate.
Our Review of Black Butte Porter
I previously tried Black Butte non alcoholic and it was one of the best NA beers I have had. It was difficult to tell that it was NA. Generally speaking, every Deschutes beer has been good.
I am not necessarily into porters and stouts, but Black Butte was excellent. I could taste the chocolate, and the beer had a clean taste. My only comparison is Guinness, and Black Butte was far superior. The one downside of this beer is that I find it hard to drink by itself or to drink more than one beer. It is best with a meal or possibly as a dessert beer, which I do not find appealing.
For other dark beer recommendations, try Hofbrau Dunkel, Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale and Figueroa Mountain Davy Brown Ale.
For beer nutritional information of all beers we have reviewed see Beer Nutritional Information.
