BrewDog Stone Bashah

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Gotta Bash the Bashah: Bottle, batch 352 bottled on 12/25/10--> Mistake #1. A collaboration between two brewers of mediocre beer--> Mistake #2. A bunch of rambling nonsense on the label--> Mistake #3. Pours a brown color with a ring of big bubbles. Nose was highly roasty with a mild note of hoppiness,some background licorice, and what smells like that stone signature Belgian yeast--> Mistake #4 through infiniti. Flavors are predominately that worthless belgian yeast with faceless and mostly flavorless though a bit plasticy hop bitterness , roasted malt notes almost akin to malted milk balls, and not much else. Stone house character is painted all over this thing...but i actually like the malt profile...too bad the yeast just messes it up to high hell. I don’t know...its not that bad i guess if you can’t decipher the disgustingness of that vile yeast strain, but I won’t ever be buying it again, that’s for damn sure.

Backlog dec 2010 Bottle at Dr. Jekyll Full body & high complexity Some coffee notes Very enjoyable

Bottle. almost black colour with small creamy light brown mostly lasting head. Nice aroma of coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavor. Creamy palate.

Tap at Whole Foods. Appearance: black w. tan head. Aroma: dark fruits, prunes, caramel, chocolate. Taste: some bitter hop up front, with dark fruitiness and roasted maltiness in middle, touch of chocolate and coffee finish. Mouthfeel: oily, slick, med. carbonation. Overall: take all your thoughts of a Belgian and a black IPA and that's exactly what it is. Granted this is a 3-year-old ('09) keg just tapped and probably lost some things (like hops) but it really does all come together into a very enjoyable, complex beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle shared at Mikkeller Bar. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma was sickly - perhaps a bad bottle or didn’t age well. Flavour is better with roasted malt, caramel and light chocolate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Bottle at Craig’s, Thanks! Rich barley and kola on the nose. Sweet with chocolate orange flavour and dry finish.

In bottle. Pours a very dark brown colour with a fair light tan head. Aroma of pine, roasty malt, dark chocolate and caramel. Similar flavours with mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. Very nice with mild bitterness and lingering chocolate.

12oz bottle. Chocolate and hop aroma. Belgian yeast flavors are very tame and let the hops shine through. Hop finish lingers on for some time making this a beer well worth the $.

Pours deep black...with redish hue if you hold it up to the light. Smells like its going to be a fantastic black IPA....then alas, no hops to be found! Instead overpowered by molasses and roasted barley...with a hint of grape...very distinct and good...just not what I was expecting.

An appetising high-alpha ale. Braw-looking: stout-black body with a thick cappuccino head. The aroma is an intriguing fusion of stout and APA - cocoa powder, lychee, passionfruit, cherries, grapefruit. Odd but not awful. Slick mouthfeel that suits the style. Biting, piney hops - high alphas but not overpowering. Minty and warming. Pity about the undergraduate ramblings on the label. The beer speaks for itself. (Batch 352, BB 12/11/10)

Forgotten bottle, from 2010. Not as hoppy as when I first tried it, but pours a nice thick black with a caramel foamy head. Very roasty with a nice bitter finish.