Double Bastard Ale

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

The beer pours an amber red with a thin quickly disappearing head. The nose is a thick mix of sweet malts (dark fruit and berries) with a dry hop. The flavor is big but simple. It is defiantly hoppy but with a good balance from the sweet malts. The finish is a sweet hop that last for days.

Thanks to Taverner for the bottle. Pours a caramel brown with a thick tan head. Big hops, caramel, malt, citrus aroma. Sharp pungent hop taste with a thick malty backbone. Medium spicy body. This is not for the faint of the taste bud and pretty much reduced all beers tasted afterward to wimpiness. Awesome brew.

Delicious looking beer. Pours a hazy dark reddish copper with a modest orangy-tan head that leaves lacing. The aroma is a nice combination of sweet caramel maltiness balanced by a fair amount of fruity and piney hops. The flavor of this beer hits close to the full spectrum of tastes I love in beer. It starts with a sweet caramel maltiness which gives way to darker roast barley notes and finishes with a dry bitter hoppiness. The only thing that kept it from a 10 in flavor was the alcohol heat overpowers the hop finish a bit. Regardless, this is a fantastic brew.

2007 bottle. Very dark amber color with a big and slowly-diminishing beige head. Juicy hoppy nose with lots of citrus and some pine and some malty, a bit cookie-ish, notes. Flavor is malty and sweet with caramel, biscuits, hints of bread and lots of hops, which are later getting intense, leading to a very bitter finish with some grapefruit and oranges and mild tongue-tickling alcohol notes. Body is quite full and the mouthfeel is oily. This one is nice!

22 oz. 2006 release. not sure how i have yet to rate.... anyways. pours deep copper with small dissipating head. aroma is huge sweet caramel malt. mouthful is huge malt that starts to fade to a nice bitterness but then is overtaken by the alcohol. not the best finnish. i had had a couple stone age with big abv finishes... i think i would rate a fresh btl higher cuz i do not recall such an alcohol finnish.

1pt 6oz single from 6-Pack & Subs, Lancaster, PA...pours hazy deep amber, small off-white head...sweet smell of malts, dark fruits (bit of a musty smell as it warms)...flavor of raisins, licorice, hops, alcohol (grape juice as it warms)...smooth mouthfeel...lots going on here...to me, not as good as the AB and OAB (haven’t had the ODB yet) but still, really good.

Easily the best beer I have had in recent memory. It is surprisingly smooth for such a hoppy beer. 22 oz bottle, drunk slightly above room temperature. Had a very small yet noticeable hint of fruitiness. Pours a nice deep orange with a very small and thin head. Great mouthfeel. Excellent bitter finish.

22 oz bomber. Pours a reddish orange color with a small white head. White lace ings my glass. Nose is hops & malt. Mouthfeel is heavy with moderate carbonation. As others have said, a very powerful ale. An absolute assault on the palate and tastebuds. Strong hop presence with a malty, caramel background. Bitter hop finish.