hopIQ found 10 beers with the same coffee and full-bodied character as The Abyss. The Abyss is the barrel-aged imperial stout of the Deschutes Reserve Series, released each year around November. It is brewed with licorice, cherry bark and molasses, and the 2025 vintage matured in a blend of whiskey barrels, red wine barrels and new oak. It pours near black with a ruby edge under a brown head. Dark-roast coffee, baker's chocolate and licorice lead the nose, followed by molasses, cherry and oaky whiskey. The body is full and warming, and the long finish turns bittersweet. Ranked by flavour match rather than popularity.
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