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Double Bastard Ale

Double Bastard Ale - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
100
overall
Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale

Escondido, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
14394.04/5.04.04/5.010%98.6Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
This is a lacerative muther of a beer. The evil big brother of Arrogant Bastard Ale. It is strongly suggested you stay far, far away from this beer. Those foolish enough to venture close enough to taste will experience a punishingly unforgiving assault on the palate. ’Course there’s always the masochists...
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 faroeviking (6024), Republica Vikingo de las, Faroe Islands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 2, 2008  
Bottle. Clear red-brown with a creamy bubbly beige rather short lasting head leaving a good creamy lacing. Aroma of roasty malt, chocolate, caramel. Great mouthfeel. Sweet nice malty alco bombing hoppy flavour.


 Vas19 (293), Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 1, 2008  
Dark red-brown color. Creamy head. Fruit and malt aroma. Strong apricot candy flavor. A bitter finish but not overpowering. Hint of smoke. Lots of hops. Massive beer.


 mcbackus (725), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 29, 2008  
bottle: pours a beautiful crimsonbrown with a good sized tan head. aroma is a good bitter smelling hops, very sticky caramel malts. both the hops and malts are pretty extreme but balance each other out very nicely. good amount of fruit also. a very nice aroma that i really enjoy. the flavour is pretty strong upfront with a good hard bitter hop that goen into a nice amount of deep caramel malt. the finish is a sticky malt with a great hop bitterness again, with some raisiny taste, very enjoyable for 10%


 bubbleflubber (885), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 27, 2008  
Pours like a thick toffee into the glass, the carbonation swirling around the 2-finger tan head nicely. The nose is wonderfully malty, with caramel and candi sugar. Big malt upfront, with strong bitters coming through mid-palate and lathering more boldly through the back pull. The sweetness contains some caramel, ripened peaches (definitely fruit, but not overbearing), and hints of roasted peat. The ABV is nicely integrated. The mouthfeel is thick, almost creamy without being "chewy". There is plenty going on here, nicely complex. A nice contrast presents, with a totally different ending than beginning. Sweet vs. bitter is definitely explored in this strong brew! I wonder if this exploration was "full force", or if was approached in a linear, progressive continuity. (The only downside is that it feels a little "balls to the wall" all the way through.... maybe that’s the appeal.)


 RomanW70 (297), Providence, Rhode Island, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Feb 27, 2008  
Trappist Glass. Pours Reddish brown with a frothy head that disappears quickly. Aroma of sweet malts and hops. Huge tatse. The bitterness takes over fairly quickly. Pretty gigantic beer. Has a barley wine feel.


 kevd193213 (477), Hope Valley, Rhode Island, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 25, 2008  
Reddish brown pour. Aroma of hops and caramel. Taste of malt and smoke with a nice finish. Smooth for the higher alcohol content.


 thewolf (5662), Kolding, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 25, 2008  
Bottle @ Yespr tasting.
[thank you, Storm]
Pours a wonderful red with a small creamy yellowish head. Aroma is packed with American hops and a light caramel background. Fine, creamy mouthfeel. The flavour nearly burns with all those hops. Light caramel and chocolate behind it. Some woody tartness as well. A bit too unbalanced.


 KimJohansen (6676), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 24, 2008  
[Courtesy of Storm, session @ yespr] Deep amber with tiny short lasting head. Sweet hoppy aroma with caramel notes. Sweet vinious flavor with hops, caramel, ripe fruits and caramel. Strong alcohol notes. Ends bitter.



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