Stone Double Bastard Ale

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale
Escondido, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Deep amber in color with an off-white head. Super malty sweet aroma. Strong bodied, almost chewy sweet-matly with a nice malty bitterness that lingers in the end.

Heavily malted in aroma while the appearance is dark amber. The flavor has notes of syrup and cutting hops as well, with a warming alcoholic finish. Extremely thick in body, it was very good but very much not an everyday ale.

2011 vintage, kept for about 6 mths, 11.2 listed abv Very pungent brew, tasting more like a barleywine at this point, hoppy, bitter, strong, and malty. I have another I will keep for about a year and re-review but would probably get better with age. All in all solid

Pours an orange color with a medium well retained head.

The aroma is soapy with some caramel and pinecone. The aroma has a good dose of hops in it but it’s also got a lot of booze and honey. I mean there are a lot of good things happening but it’s all a mixed bag of good things that aren’t balanced or particularly complimentary.

The flavor is basically the same as the aroma soapy and sweet with a good bit of booze. Plenty of nice hoppiness, some spicy alcohol character, good expression of bitterness. But again it’s kind of a mixed bag.
I’m no stone hater but this one just isn’t really for me.

What a beer!! What a bottle 3L magnum (2010 edition) I got last year for Christmas from my sister!!!!!! Beer aged one year in cellar was this to long? Did I lose too much of the hop bite? Beer is hard to pour so my first glass is 1 inch of beer with 6 inches of head (insert gay joke here) beer has settled down now and I got a better second pour. Dark brown opaque body with a sticky thick crown. Aroma is thick and sticky, resin, pine, grape fruit, hardy roasted malts, lots of yum, slight hints of warming alcohol. FAWK this smells good. Hominick just got knocked out in 7 seconds……that blows. Taste is intense, thick sticky roasted malts, caramel, tons of pine, thick resin, hints of alcohol. So happy I five people here to split this bottle with or I’m sure I’d be hospitalized. Perfect lingering bitter after every sip. The mouth feel is thick it’s like softy carbonated cough syrup. The intensity of this flavor is kicking my ass, I’ll have to nurse my tongue back to health slowly after I’m done. A herbal quality is starting appear. Time for glass number three!!!! Head starting to swim, taste buds destroyed, Jeff looking more attractive. Great beer glad I finally cracked it open.

22oz bottle, 2006 vintage. Pours a cloudy red with a dissipating white head. Smells strongly of hops, citrus and and caramel malts. Tastes of medium to strong bitter with caramel and a somewhat harsh bourbon. Texture is creamy. Body is medium. Carbonation is medium. Finish is astringent bitterness. Its a tasty dark ale / ipa hybrid.

Poured into a snifter; deep copper, with bubbly, thinning head. Aroma is biscuit, candied fruit and lemon zest. Taste is orange and fresh baked bread, with a dry, grassy finish. Great ale.

pour from a bomber, amber brown color. off white head, lacey. settled to an amber orange color. aroma is malty and hoppy with a hint of spice. taste is strong of hop and malt combined. malt gets sweet for a minute in the after taste. great brew