Double Bastard Ale

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle 650ml. @ home.
Clear medium orange amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark berry, moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20090206]

A red beer with a small disappering head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of berries. The flavor is great; totally dominated by hops but combined with berries and roasted notes (chocolate?). A wonderful beer. Thanks to Mads Berg for sharing this.

75 cl bottle, thanks to Storm. pours clear and golden red with a little lacing white head. hoppy and fruity aroma. Flavour is nice hoppy and with a light liqourice and peppery note. Dry almost woody finish. Ends dy hoppy and with a lingering caramel malt flavour. Solid and hoppy - great.

(Bottle 65 cl) Hazy, orangey brown with a dense, stable, beige head that leaves some laces. Fat aroma of caramel and overripe fruit. Fairly full body with lots of sweet caramel, overripe fruit and cinnamon. A fairly hoppy finish. Lovely. 030407

Bottled@Akkurat. Deep murky copper coloured with small beige head, that stays for quite a while. Aroma is full of fruits, wood, nectar and mild notes of syrupy sweetness as well as some notes of alcohol. Flavour is quite much the same along with some vanilla and mild plummy notes too. Rather sweet for most of the part, but also some bittering notes preventing the sweetness to totally take over. Really pleasant!

UPDATED: JUN 9, 2004 Bottled, thanks hopsrus!! Deep red, rich head. Soapy balsamic grapefruit aroma. Sweet and syrupy with soft mouthfeel and cookie malt flavuor. The oiliness and bitterness casued by an extreme amount of hops are being balanced by a huge body and loads of alcohol, but the sweetness is shining through a little, detracting from the perfect hop juice image.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with a small beige head. Sweet aroma of fruits, dried fruits and hops. Sweet flavour of malts, dried fruits, fruits and hops.

Bottle. Pours a clear red color with an off-white head. Sweet malty hoppy aroma with some hints of citrus and caramel. Dry malty bitter flavor with lots of hoppy hints and also citrus hints. Slightly sweetish malty and bitter finish with a long hoppy aftertaste.

Bottle. Trade with Baggio. Pours cloudy amber/reddish with a small creamy head. Nose and taste is sweet and matured. Dark fruits, alcohol and hops. Vinous , smooth and hoppy. Lovely.

Cloudy amber color, creamy head. From the aroma to the flavor and palate, it's another hop-killer; very well malty. Thanks Philippe (Bov) for sharing this bottle.