Double Bastard - Bigger Longer Uncut
Arrogant Consortia in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Stone BrewingStrong Ale Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.75
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Weakness Is worn on the sleeves. Boldness Is within the heart.This intensified blend of barrel-aged Double Bastard Ale is all heart baby. The weak will find it to be a telltale heart. It knows of your fallibility. It smells your fear. The heart of this beer disdains you, as it disdains all things homogenized, wimpy and uncultured. You do know the truth of yourself, no? If you hesitated to answer that, if even for a split second, that in and of itself is telling. If you aren’t capable of knowing the reality of yourself, this beer can and will take the responsibility of informing you of what you should already know. (And it you’ve lost your way in this text already and no longer are clear about what I am saying, your reading pace has exceeded your comprehension pace. Go back, slow down and start over, bright eyes.)
Take a deep breath. Let it out slowly. Evenly. Give yourself some positive affirmations. Breathe deep again. There. Feel better? If you followed those instructions, then set this bottle down and back away immediately, you new age poseur. Fight or flight and I’d recommend the latter for you, tiger. Wet paper bags are more your speed.
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Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 15
The last thing I thought I would do is give this a solid average rating. I figured it was a love it or hate it proposition. A unique beer with massive taste (and ABV) but misses the mark on balance and blend, which lands it in the middle for me. The peaty scotch is flat out dominant in the nose and taste. Caramel malt, candied fruit, wood and smoke fight their way into the taste picture. I honestly can’t comment on the hoppy levels with the peat and Scotch profiles so high. Nice rich body and love the colour and luminous, unfiltered look. I will age a couple of these and see if the blends improve.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle. Really dark brown with a nice two finger, tan head. Aroma and taste were lots of smoky peat with hints of ash and soap. It is just not for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle: Poured brown with tan head. Aroma is tobacco and malts. Taste is like an old taxi cab air freshener. Drain at my friends is now free.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Pours copper with a small head.Nose shows massive peated malt, caramel, toasty notes, cigars and golden syrup.Flavours include woody notes, heavy peat, golden syrup. Probably a bit too much peat when compared to the rest of the flavours. A fair whack of booze, not all that well integrated. To be expected though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
bottle - As others have made clear, this intense beer is smoky and peaty as hell. Fortunately I like that in a drink. A big malt profile lends sweetness with caramel/toffee flavors. There's some hops bitterness hiding under there too, but this one's all about the smoke and peat. The 13% abv is buried by strong flavors. This beer won't be for everyone, but if you love Islay single malts, try it.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Andrew Usher’s. Hazy ruby body with with a medium beige head that holds well. Steady carbonation. Good lacing. Aroma of maple syrup, nuts and tinned pineapple. Flavour of marzipan, resin and red fruits with a boozy finish. Medium to full body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Heavy and rich with a nice complexity. Lacking a bit in terms of drinkability, but that’s to be expected for the strength.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
17-11-17 // at 3. Mainzer CraftBeerMesse. Heavy peaty nose. This is extreme. So much peaty smokey whiskey notes along with with some roasted bittter malts. No full bottle, but small pours are enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at ushers. Pours deep reddish, nose is blackcurrant, burnt toffee, smoky, taste is bitter, fruity, roasted, juicy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 4
Vom Fass Stone Brewing Berlin 2017-09 getrunken. Der unkompromisslose Einsatz von Hopfen ist mir bei der Arrogant Brewing oft zu viel. Doch hier sorgen die schwer getorfen Whiskyfässer von der schottischen Hebriden Insel Islay für eine spannende Speck-, Rauch- und Maritime Aromen, die den Hopfen überdecken. Es ergibt sich der typischer Geschmack als ob man in der Lagavulin Destillery (Islay) die getorfte Gerste im Mund direkt zerkaut. Kein Bier für jeden Tag, aber mal kann es spannend sein. Vom Fass Stone Brewing Berlin 2018-02 getrunken. Leider mit einer fiesen Chlornote im Hintergrund, die ich immer mal wieder bei Stone Berlin entdecke. So macht Bier definitiv keinen Spaß (no rating!).