BrewDog Stone Bashah

(RETIRED)

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97		90
	OVERALL	Style

Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: American Strong Ale
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 656 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.68 EST. CALORIES: 258 ABV: 8.6%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
What does it mean? Yes, what indeed does it all mean. Meaning of course is elusive and illusive. It can’t or shouldn’t be found on this bottle. Should it? Yet what if it was? Would you begin to look for pearls of wisdom or life direction on a beer label? Perhaps it’s been there all along. Since meaning is a mere illusion, perhaps we shouldn’t let it have any influence on our destiny. This particular beer refused to succumb to the illusion of meaning or allow capricious parameters to have any influence on its own fermented fate. Are we even asking the right question? Are you feeling frustrated in the emptiness? If so, that could be because someone got to this beer before you, and thus there’s a reason for that emptiness. It’s empty. And if so, perhaps there indeed is not any meaning for you here after all. Style over Substance, or Substance over the scriptures of Style? The latter, thank you very much. Twice.

Most Recent Top Raters Highest Score Rated By

3.8

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

jonas (4589) - Garching b. München, GERMANY - JAN 28, 2012

UPDATED: JAN 30, 2012 Bottle, thanks Grima! Fine tobacco roast and hop aroma. Opaque black. Lacing brown head. Creamy mouthfeel. Great balance from roast malt and hop profile. Yummy.

4.1

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

Holy (701) - GERMANY - JAN 28, 2012

Thanks Grima! Please standby for a real rating. I’m actually enjoying the company of other beer enthusiasts instead of being a non-social "I must rate this right now!!!"

4.3

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20

xs2500 (175) - Mississippi, USA - JAN 23, 2012

Poured the exact color of cola with little to no head that oddly enough laces beautifully. Flavor is exactly what it should be, as odd as that sounds. It’s true to it’s name. I can’t put my finger on this one, it’s just precisely as it should be.

4.2

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20

shrubber85 (5052) - Greenville, Indiana, USA - JAN 22, 2012

Bottle. Musty/astringent chocolate malt and berry aroma. Black color with moderate head. Sweet chocolate malt up front with a moderately bitter orange peel and cedar finish. BrewDog again pushing the envelope - this is damn tasty - makes me wish that Black Belgian Style Double India Pale Ales were more common.

2.3

AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20

dinkle50 (331) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - JAN 21, 2012

Aroma is stinky cheese. Something smells a little off. Super dark pour with no carbonation at all. Not a whole lot of lacing. Taste is little weird too. Some roast in the back, with a little hop influence here and there. This is an experiment I’m not overly fond of.

3.5

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

johndoughty (2946) - cheslyn hay, West Midlands, ENGLAND - JAN 13, 2012

Bottle. Cloudy with no carbonation. Full bodied and spicy, Quite distinctive resembling a cross between a stout and an IPA. AN experiment that didn’t quite come off.

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

maledictum (541) - Granada, SPAIN - JAN 9, 2012

Dark brown pour with a one finger white head that dissipates into a sudsy ring. Aroma is a resinous blast with earthy smokey manure and mild caramel sweetness. Flavor is roasted barley, dark bitter chocolate, lactic sugar, and a puckering sticky pine sap. Palate is full bodied, mildly effervescent, roasty, and coats the mouth with evergreen. Powerful flavors, and unique complexities.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

nyindiansfan (261) - rochester, New York, USA - JAN 1, 2012

Bottle pours dark brown almost black with a brownish head. Smells and tastes ofroasty, citrus, alcohol, light sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium body, creamy, average carbonation, pretty good beer starts with malt roasted finish with a citrus hop

3.8

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20

taphandle (1038) - Texas, USA - DEC 26, 2011

Very dark brown with a little head. Lots of malt and lots of hops - lots of taste. This is a really good beer and too easy to drink given its alcohol.

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

Frenger (213) - Derby, Alabama, ENGLAND - DEC 25, 2011

Bottle from brewdog.com. I love this beer. Highly hopped but subtle. Many flavours, a lot of vegetable aroma with a gentle coffee after taste. Delightful.

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