Deschutes Brewing just launched a fancy new website, heavy on media aspects. The brewery did some research before creating the site, to find out what the people wanted. The result is a site by the people, for the people.
This beer was first released in 2008 as Black Butte XX to celebrate Deschutes Brewing’s 20th Anniversary. Based off of their flagship beer – Black Butte Porter, each year this celebratory ale is just a little different each Continue Reading →
Have one of these? Or better yet, had an 2009 Abyss from Deschutes Brewing that didn’t seem to taste right? You’re tasting brett. An unintentional side-effect of the use of a wild yeast in the brewery. Dissident, an overwhelmingly popular Oud Bruin uses brett yeast for the sour flavor. The Abyss- and imperial stout doesn’t. Some of the 2009 batch of Abyss was found to have the unwelcome yeasty guest. Some of Mirror, Mirror an American Barleywine also is found to harbor brett. There is one thing I want to stress with this. As a biologist, this really isn’t a result of sloppy brewing techniques. Brettanomyces is by nature – wild. It’s a rebel. Uncontrolled. Deschutes attempts to be diverse in their brewing styles. Sometimes things just don’t go your way. Regardless of how you hard try.
