I need to find someone with a good beer connection to help me out.

I want to get on someone's "short list" for the upcoming November release of the Deschutes Abyss.

It's damn near impossible to find any here in Seattle - even on the damn day that it's supposedly released.

IE, if you're at BottleWorks the second it opens on the day Abyss is out, the store is already "sold out".

Not like I want a couple of cases of the stuff (although that would kick ass), I'd just like to get a single case of the stuff.

Anyone help me out? Personal favor?

To those that know Abyss, you know what I'm talking about.

Feel free to PM or email me to keep it on the low-down, etc.

Here is what the Brewery had to say about it:

Pours dark coffee color to black with loads of dense tan head. Sticky lacing on the glass when the head finally recedes.

Aroma is almost smoky, with hints of chocolate, a nuttiness similar to hazelnut, butterscotch or toffee.

Taste of bitter chocolate followed with a roasty flavor, nuts, vanilla, some residual sweetness and a little oak in the finish.

Mouthfeel is creamy and rich, with decent levels of carbonation to break up such a big brew. Finish is both sweet and bitter.

Great beer. This was our last bottle of about 8 or so we tried over the last 10 months or so. We've also had the pleasure of having this on tap. Terrific stuff.

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Damn...I'm not a beer drinker (or drinker, period) but that stuff sounds tasty!

ISO

Ouch.

I'd rather not have to....especially with NO guarantee that they would have any. The stuff sells out in seconds....if you're lucky to find it.

I *AM* willing to drive to Yakima or Ellenburger, though.

Gotta be *some* way for me to score a case of Abyss.

Come on, someone needs this Imperial Stout drinker out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/22oz-Unopened-Bottle...8QQcmdZViewItem

There ya go Parker. You Can have one bottle for the mere price of $33.00...yikes!

No thanks.

Not going to get raped over beer.

I'll pay retail prices, but that's it.

Besides, I want a case of the upcoming Nov 2008 released beer.

If you want the best beers, you MUST go to the source. You cant expect them to fall on your lap.

Make the pilgrimage to Bend. You'll be happy you did.

Another microbrew Mecca on the map is San Diego County. Home to the likes of Stone Brewing. The Seattle Area is falling away from the microbrew hall of fame.

There is a brewery in Everett, I think it's called Fat Boy and one of their brews is 9.3%. Maybe I'll have time to stop by there on Saturday--- it's maybe 10 minutes from my house.


www.lazyboybrewing.com

How does Abyss compare to Obsidian stout? I've gotten out of touch with all the microbrews out there.

Update:

I purchased a case of the 2007 Abyss and hopefully will get a case of the 2008. Unfortunately, it's all down close the source. Ie, it's sitting in Bend, Or.

Any PP members heading down that way and want to make a beer delivery run for me, holler my way! All I gotta do is get it up to Stlhdr1's house in Vancouver, and I'm golden!

Mikespike - Abyss is an Imperial Stout. It's a meal, not a beer. IIf you even remotely enjoy Obsidian, you will flat out lose it over Abyss. Nothing compares.

If I were going to be executed tonight, my last meal request would be a bottle of Abyss.

Irie - I hear ya. I need to go to the Deschutes Brewery and pay my proper respects and homage.

Grab a Bud a shove a hamburger in it.

Holy sh!t.............it's like beer has been turned into wine on this thread. We're not going to be discussing earthy overtones are we?

Since you brought it up--I had a 91 Leonetti the other night that was AWSOME!

...and still all you'll taste is hamburger.

it's pretty sad that no one thought that maybe brewer might know something about this. tsk tsk tsk. hmmmmm? so i aint going to say nothin!!! parker did you get your curado yet?

Yeah......who'd have thunk that Brewer would know something about beer?

SORRY KK---next time!

"Since you brought it up--I had a 91 Leonetti the other night that was AWSOME!"

The Merlot? Well Bucket, everytime I try to conjure up a visual of you with a delicate glass sipping on a fine wine in your meat hooks, it turns in a can of animal beer. Not that there is anything wrong with animal beer.

Maybe Tom at CM can get us some Abyss to sample.

I was HOPING the Brewer would PM me and hook me up.....

Yeah, got the Curado. It's missing a part, though.

Eat your hearts out!
I've got my special order in with my local beer pusher. It will be here in about an month and half. Some may be up for trade, depending on how much I like the taste.

All this talk makes me wan't to try it....

I can hear it now.. " trade case of Deschutes Abyss for Loomis 1084 imx, slightly used"

the abyss is a kick you in the teeth beer that makes a guy ask "my i have another?" brewer knows of a place where the local yokals are in the dark about it. the beer store buys it by the cases expecting it to move and it just doesn't. so there it sits.